The European Representative Democracy data archive consists of cabinet-level data for 29 European democracies in post-WWII Europe. For each country it includes data for the cabinets that have formed after the introduction of the current democratic regime of parliamentary democracy (for Cyprus representative democracy). Included are cabinets that have formed before or on December 31 2010. In this release (3.0) we have completed the information on those cabinets up through December 2013. Altogether, a total of 640 cabinets–coalitions, single party and non-partisan–are included.
Release 3, February 2014
Documentation
ERD Codebook Feb 12 2014 (.pdf)
Notes on coding principles (.pdf)
Corrections and additions (.xls)
Data files
ERD Data set 12-2-2014 (.dta; Stata 9)
ERD Data set 12-2-2014 (.dta; Stata 9; Non applicable, 88888, is coded as missing)
ERD Data set 12-2-2014 (.dta; Stata 12)
ERD Data set 12-2-2014 (.dta; Stata 12; Non applicable, 88888, is coded as missing)
Older versions
Release 2, January 2013 (.zip)
Release 2.0 contained new estimates for v007e (code for date out), v700e (total cabinet volatility), v701e (average cabinet volatility) and v708e (cabinet electoral performance). Release 3.0 includes a few corrections, a new variable, majority coalition, v326e_add, and more data on the end dates of the cabinets that formed before or on December 31 2010 (up through December 2013).
Note on Proper Acknowledgement
Publications using this data should acknowledge in writing that the information comes from:
Andersson, Staffan; Bergman, Torbjörn & Ersson, Svante (2014). “The European Representative Democracy Data Archive, Release 3”. Main sponsor: Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (In2007-0149:1-E). [www.erdda.se]