Matt Golder

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Replication data for: Presidential Coattails and Legislative Fragmentation
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1. Documentation
Ajps_final_web.pdf
Adobe PDF - 251 KB - 39 downloads
Article in pdf format
Readme.txt
Plain Text - 3 KB - 57 downloads
File providing information on how to replicate the results
2. Data
Ajps.zip
ZIP Archive - 392 KB - 77 downloads
Data files in original stata file format
Coxappend.tab
Tab Separated - 4 KB - 41 downloads + analyses
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Data from Amorim Neto & Cox (1997)
Tabular Data54 Cases23 Variables
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Lcross_extra.tab
Tab Separated - 89 KB - 32 downloads + analyses
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Data file for this study
Tabular Data867 Cases37 Variables
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Legislative_newp.tab
Tab Separated - 92 KB - 35 downloads + analyses
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Data on legislative elections using slightly updated data from Golder (2005)
Tabular Data867 Cases36 Variables
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Pcross_extra.tab
Tab Separated - 29 KB - 29 downloads + analyses
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Data file for this study
Tabular Data294 Cases36 Variables
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Presidential_new.tab
Tab Separated - 75 KB - 36 downloads + analyses
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Data on legislative elections using slightly updated data from Golder (2005)
Tabular Data294 Cases88 Variables
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3. Supplementary Program Files
Electoral.do
Stata Syntax - 12 KB - 43 downloads
Replicates results in Table 1
Electoral_enep.do
Stata Syntax - 7 KB - 22 downloads
Indicates that the effective number of parties in presidential regimes using runoffs is significantly higher than in presidential regimes employing plurality rule. This result is mentioned in the conclusion of the AJPS paper
Electoral_enep.log
Plain Text - 23 KB - 24 downloads
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Electoral.log
Plain Text - 40 KB - 20 downloads
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Electoral_measurement.do
Stata Syntax - 9 KB - 16 downloads
This shows that nothing changes with my inferences if I do not drop those observations where the effective number of electoral parties is measured with error i.e. those observations with the "other" category > 15%
Electoral_measurement.log
Plain Text - 29 KB - 16 downloads
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Electoral_upper.do
Stata Syntax - 9 KB - 18 downloads
This shows that nothing changes with my inferences if I take account of upper tier seats
Electoral_upper.log
Plain Text - 36 KB - 15 downloads
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Electoral_xtpcse.do
Stata Syntax - 10 KB - 17 downloads
This shows that my inferences do not change if I use XTPCSE or lagged dependent variables
Electoral_xtpcse.log
Plain Text - 37 KB - 15 downloads
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Lcross_extra.do
Stata Syntax - 9 KB - 16 downloads
This shows that nothing changes with my inferences if I use 1980, 1990, or 2000 instead of 1985 and 1995 for my cross-sections for Table 1. This uses dataset lcross_extra.dta.
Lcross_extra.log
Plain Text - 36 KB - 15 downloads
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Presfig.do
Stata Syntax - 34 KB - 36 downloads
Replicates the figures in Figure 1
Presfig_xtpcse.do
Stata Syntax - 24 KB - 18 downloads
This creates figures equivalent to Figure 1 using XTPCSE
Pres_runoff.do
Stata Syntax - 15 KB - 23 downloads
Replicates results in Tables 2 and 3
Pres_runoff_endogeneity.do
Stata Syntax - 14 KB - 18 downloads
This addresses the issue as to whether presidential runoffs might be endogenous to the number of presidential candidates. Results suggests that nothing changes with my inferences.
Pres_runoff_endogeneity.log
Plain Text - 52 KB - 18 downloads
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Pres_runoff_extra.do
Stata Syntax - 10 KB - 16 downloads
This shows that nothing changes with my inferences if I use 1980, 1990, or 2000 instead of 1985 and 1995 for my cross-sections for Tables 2 and 3. This uses dataset pcross_extra.dta.
Pres_runoff_extra.log
Plain Text - 28 KB - 18 downloads
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Pres_runoff.log
Plain Text - 48 KB - 18 downloads
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Pres_runoff_US.do
Stata Syntax - 10 KB - 17 downloads
This shows that nothing changes with my inferences if I include countries that employ electoral college or STV as non-runoff systems for Tables 2 and 3.
Pres_runoff_US.log
Plain Text - 25 KB - 17 downloads
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Pres_runoff_xtpcse.do
Stata Syntax - 12 KB - 17 downloads
This shows that my inferences do not change if I use XTPCSE or lagged dependent variables
Pres_runoff_xtpcse.log
Plain Text - 46 KB - 18 downloads
Log file for this study