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Replication Data for: A New Indicator of Coalition Size: Tests Against Standard Regime-Type Indicators

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Title Replication Data for: A New Indicator of Coalition Size: Tests Against Standard Regime-Type Indicators
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/UYLXRO
 
Creator Smith, Alastair M.
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description A new measure for selectorate's theory central concept, winning coalition size, is developed using indicators developed by the V-Dem project (V11.1 March 2021). To demonstrate the measure's efficacy, we examine its ability to account for government provision of public and private goods, a central prediction in selection theory. The winning coalition measure is compared to eight widely-used indicators of regime type in analyses of 30 measures of government policy provision. Based on Vuong tests and Akaike information criteria the new measure generally outperforms the alternative regime measures whether the assessment is across all regimes, within non-democratic regimes or within democratic settings. The new indicator provides an improved tool for testing the nuances of selectorate theory
 
Subject Social Sciences
PUBLIC GOODS, SELECTORATE THEORY, DEMOCRACY
 
Contributor Smith, Alastair M.