coalition2               package:Zelig               R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     This data set contains survival data on government coalitions in
     parliamentary democracies (Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland,
     France, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway,
     Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom) for the period
     1945-1987.  Country indicator variables are included in the sample
     data.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(coalition2)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     A data frame containing 8 variables ("duration", "ciep12",
     "invest", "fract", "polar", "numst2", "crisis", "country") and 314
     observations.  For variable descriptions, please refer to King,
     Alt, Burns and Laver (1990).

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     ICPSR

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     King, Gary, James E. Alt, Nancy Elizabeth Burns and Michael Laver
     (1990). ``A Unified Model  of Cabinet Dissolution in Parliamentary
     Democracies,'' _American Journal of Political Science_, vol. 34,
     no. 3, pp. 846-870.  

     Gary King, James E. Alt, Nancy Burns, and Michael Laver.  ICPSR
     Publication Related Archive, 1115.

