Replication Data for: Bargaining Delays in the Government Formation Processdoi:10.7910/DVN/BUWZBAHarvard Dataverse2019-05-241Golder, Sona, 2019, "Replication Data for: Bargaining Delays in the Government Formation Process", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BUWZBA, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:8p3+nrMrhJIsX8j6gGRLGQ== [fileUNF]Replication Data for: Bargaining Delays in the Government Formation Processdoi:10.7910/DVN/BUWZBAGolder, SonaHarvard DataverseGolder, SonaGolder, Sona2019-05-24Social SciencesIn parliamentary democracies, the transfer of power from one government to the next is sometimes characterized by long periods of negotiations in which party leaders bargain over the composition and policy objectives of a new cabinet. Although these delays can have substantial political and economic consequences, surprisingly little is known about their determinants. Moreover, the few studies that exist reach contradictory conclusions. In this article, the author examines how factors relating to uncertainty and bargaining complexity influence the duration of the government formation process in 16 West European countries from 1944 to 1998. In line with the article’s theoretical expectations, the author finds that factors increasing uncertainty over the type of cabinet that is acceptable always lead to delays in forming governments but that factors increasing bargaining complexity, such as the number of parties and ideological polarization in the legislature, only do so when there is sufficient uncertainty among political actors. The present analysis helps to resolve the contradictory findings in the literature.<a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0</a>Bargaining Delays in the Government Formation Process. Comparative Political Studies. 2010. Sona N. Golder. Comparative Political Studies. 43(1): 3-32.Bargaining Delays in the Government Formation Process. Comparative Political Studies. 2010. Sona N. Golder. Comparative Political Studies. 43(1): 3-32.delay.tab42415text/tab-separated-valuesUNF:6:8p3+nrMrhJIsX8j6gGRLGQ==Dataset (Stata) with variables needed for replicationName of CountryUNF:6:FxO3NLjKqN6IhSDQxDgdzQ==code for country8.285377358490567424.08.04.7883006900074511.017.00.0.UNF:6:HeJOisHhu15YHhziKJFqOw==number identifying each cabinet, country number then cabinet number in order101.0843.64858490565881720.0477.40866377125540.0424.0822.5.UNF:6:hezTGOWAsDCWj9GPTW16Zw==number of days spent bargaining over new government cabinet.23.01196172248804208.013.0418.06.029.3280028481055060.0UNF:6:T//eHgXzLRhGtVzA/TGiNA==date cabinet takes office, YYMMDD424.0715008.1415094339.725670.00.0153175.3470053263440609.0990528.0UNF:6:ob8bYZMc2y0tTBXvhWSUXA==date cabinet leaves office, YYMMDD451124.0990528.0.722879.088452088317.0730916.0148508.23912166222407.0UNF:6:xkksOpqi9mVcYxndJ+tmcQ==1 if cabinet is first to form after an election, 0 if not1.00.0424.0.1.00.49681172706071960.56132075471698140.0UNF:6:0t23KmS388nprrSKS8IbBw==1 if cabinet is nonpartisan, 0 if not0.0424.00.01.00.00.17889690791646573.0.03301886792452828UNF:6:wDV3Fh0Xk45RPl+yZbEuzw==effective number of parties in legislature.3.83718073396797531.9900000095367432415.09.01.24906594187288673.59999990463256848.399999618530273UNF:6:b544YEJycTgSLqqBxmeLZA==number of inconclusinve bargaining rounds.0.03.01.2268763805724945421.00.07.00.6294536817102133UNF:6:W3f54/XFoferrc3RCqpayA==name of cabinet, based on PMUNF:6:RckjQugd+TMpE+1LlQQlug==1 if legislature contains party with majority of seats415.0.1.00.366151200447252740.159036144578313649.00.00.0UNF:6:qOIxjPhmuVALtNll2r/jPQ==level of polarization in legislature398.0.0.496363302234129560.223841886387807410.46881109476089480.140423700213432326.01.2355550527572632UNF:6:Ezowhj/+vbwsWiLkksfxYQ==1 if country has continuation rule, 0 otherwise0.0424.00.00.24292452830188720.42935647482042920.0.1.0UNF:6:dmm9xmbordWhfR+GB2gUIw==1 if new government needs explicit support of legislative majority, 0 if not0.49018535342995241.0424.00.0.0.39858490566037710.00.0UNF:6:ENk/xh9U5zp1atmRGhD1kw==codebook.pdfCodebook describing dataapplication/pdfReadMe.txtRead me file describing other replication filestext/plainresults.doDo file to replicate results in the CPS articleapplication/x-stata-syntax