All submissions must be a single do-file which runs the analysis. Where appropriate, you may add additional explanations or answers as a comment in the
do-file.
Problem 1 (50 points)
Download the Database of Political Institutions from http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/
0003049 and open it in STATA. Keep only the data for the year 2017.
- What is the median number of years which the chief executive had spent in
office in 2017? - What are the mean and the standard deviation of the vote share of all government parties?
- What percentage of the governments were left-wing governments in 2017?
- How many minority governments were in office in 2017?
- Are the variables pr and system independent?
- Test the hypothesis, that the number of years which the chief executive has
spent in office is higher for presidential regimes compared to other types of
political regimes. - Generate a variable which is one if there are any constraints on the term limit
of the chief executive and zero otherwise. Run a bivariate regression of the
number of years in office on this new variable. Interpret the result. - Rerun the regression, adding the pr and system variables. Explain the results. Does the result for the term limit variable change?