PErisk {MCMCpack} | R Documentation |
Political Economic Risk Data from 62 Countries in 1987.
data(PErisk)
A data frame with 62 observations on the following 9 variables. All data points are from 1987. See Quinn (2004) for more details.
Argentina
through Zimbabwe
0
<
1
.courts
is an indicator of whether the country in
question is judged to have an independent judiciary. From Henisz
(2002).0
< 1
<
2
< 3
< 4
< 5
, giving the lack of
expropriation risk. From Marshall, Gurr, and Harff (2002).0
< 1
<
2
< 3
< 4
< 5
, measuring the lack of
corruption. From Marshall, Gurr, and Harff (2002).Mike Alvarez, Jose Antonio Cheibub, Fernando Limongi, and Adam Przeworski. 1999. ``ACLP Political and Economic Database.'' http://www.ssc.upenn.edu/~cheibub/data/.
Witold J. Henisz. 2002. ``The Political Constraint Index (POLCON) Dataset.'' \ http://www-management.wharton.upenn.edu/henisz/POLCON/ContactInfo.html.
Monty G. Marshall, Ted Robert Gurr, and Barbara Harff. 2002. ``State Failure Task Force Problem Set.'' http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/inscr/stfail/index.htm.
Kevin M. Quinn. 2004. ``Bayesian Factor Analysis for Mixed Ordinal and Continuous Response.'' Political Analyis. 12: 338-353.