Dataset / Solution Concepts

 

Solution concepts I created:

The Strongly Stable Core. For greater detail, see  HeeMin Kim.1995. The Strongly Stable Core in Weighted Voting Games." Public Choice 84:77-90

Data sets I created (with Richard c. Fording)**

[1] The Kim-Fording Measure of Party Ideology (in 25 Western democracies for 1945-2002, in Stata Format).
The Codebook: Political Parties Included (pdf format) If you use these data, cite two EJPR pieces below.  Also see the Codebook under the Kim-Fording Measure of Government Ideology below.

[2] The Kim-Fording Measure of Voter Ideology (in 25 Western Democracies for 1945-2003).
Notes on Voter Ideology Updates
Voter Ideology - Election Years
Voter Ideology Interpolated Yearly Series

If you use these data, cite HeeMin Kim and Richard C. Fording. 1998. "Voter Ideology in Western Democracies, 1946-1989." European Journal of Political Research 33:73-97 and HeeMin Kim and Richard C. Fording. 2003. "Voter Ideology in Western Democracies: An Update." European Journal of Political Research 42:95-105. The similar measures based on slightly different formulae are available in a CD that comes with Ian Budge, et al. Mapping Policy Preferences: Parties, Electors, and Governments, 1945-1998. Oxford University Press, 2001.

  • [3]  The Kim-Fording Measure of Parliament Ideology I  (A Weighted-Mean Version; in Excel Format).

    [4]  The Kim-Fording Measure of Parliament Ideology II (A Median Version). 
    If you use these data, cite HeeMin Kim and Richard C. Fording. ;Party Manifesto Data and  Measures of Ideology in Western Democracies." Florida State University and University of Kentucky.

    This unpublished manuscript contains details about how we constructed all our ideology measures.  Although we ask you to cite our published articles if you use our data, this manuscript will be handy if you want to see the details of all our ideolgy measures. 

    [5]  The Kim-Fording Measure of Government Ideology (in 25 Western democracies for 1945-2002). 
    The Codebook (in MS Word Format, This codebook has not been updated yet)
    The Measure of Government Ideology (in Excel Format)
    Government Ideology Yearly Series (in Excel Format; in Stata Format)

    If you use these data, cite HeeMin Kim and Richard C. Fording. 2002. "Government Partisanship in Western Democracies, 1945-1998." European Journal of Political Research 41:165-184.

  • [6]  The Kim-Fording Measure of Democratic Performance (25 countries, 1945-2002).

    The Measures of Congruence (in Excel Format; in Stata Format)

    The data in columns G, H, and I respectively contain the level of distortion (the opposite concept of congruence) between voter ideology and parliament ideology, between parliament ideology and government ideology, and between voter ideology and government ideology respectively.  The higher the level of distortion is, the lower the level of corresponce in the ideology of citizerns and the representative.

    If you use these data, please cite Kim, HeeMin, G. Bingham Powell, Jr., and Richard C. Fording. 2010. Electoral Systems, Party Systems, and Ideological Representation: An Analysis of Distortion in Western Democracies; Comparative Politics 42:167-185
    (www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny/cp).

    *The Kim-Fording Measures of Parliament Ideology, Government Ideology, and Democratic Performance are based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. SES-0237820.  Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Scicence Foundation (NSF).


    **Although the CMP data are constantly updated, we are not going to update our measures for a while, because both of us are involved in many other projects. There are others who adopt our methods of builidng various measures, and you can find access to their data easily. We hope we can resume our work in this area soon.




    Data sets I created (with Marius Radean):

    The Measures of the Median Voter Ideology, the Median Constituency Ideology (the supporters of the current government), the Government Ideology based on Citizen Survey, the Government Ideology based on Expert Survey, and Congruence/Distortion Measures (the distance between any pair above).  Based on the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) Date, Created with Marius Radean, a Graduate Student at Florida State University.

    Data in Excel Format
    Data in Stata Format

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