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| − | |label= | + | |label=Index of political constraints (POLCON V) |
|relatedindicators=[[Political Constraints III]] | |relatedindicators=[[Political Constraints III]] | ||
| − | |description= | + | |description=Henisz' measures of political constraints (POLCON) capture the "feasibility of change", i.e. the "the extent to which a change in the preferences of any one actor may lead to a change in government policy" (Henisz 2002, 363). It ranges from 0 to 1 with higher values indicating more constraints. The POLCON V index takes five branches (executive, lower and upper legislative chambers, judiciary, and sub-federal entities) into account. |
| − | |codingrules=see POLCON [https:// | + | |codingrules=Henisz starts out from identifying the number of independent government branches, assuming policy preferences "independently and identically drawn from a uniform, unidimensional policy space" (Henisz 2002, 363) and taking the extent of partisan alignments across the branches into account. For a detailed description of the index construction see Henisz 2002, 380-389 (Appendix). In contrast to his POLCON III measure which only takes three government branches (executive, lower and upper legislative chambers) into account, POLCON V also considers the judiciary and sub-federal entities as additional veto branches. |
| − | | | + | |citation=Henisz, Witold J. 2000. "The Institutional Environment for Economic Growth." ''Economics and Politics'' 12 (1): 1-31. [https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0343.00066 https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0343.00066] |
| − | <li>Henisz, | + | |relatedpublications=<ul> |
| − | + | <li>Henisz, Witold J. 2002. "The Institutional Environment for Infrastructure Investment." ''Industrial and Corporate Change'' 11 (2): 355-389. [https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/11.2.355 https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/11.2.355]</li> | |
| + | <li>Henisz, Witold J. 2005. "POLCON_2005 Codebook". [https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/CODEBOOK_2005.pdf https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/CODEBOOK_2005.pdf]</li> | ||
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| − | + | |projectmanagers=Nils Düpont (INF), Paul Bederke | |
| − | |projectmanagers=Nils Düpont ( | + | |datarelease=<ul> |
| − | |datarelease= | + | <li>Version 0.001: Initial release</li> |
| − | |revisions= | + | <li>Version 0.002: Updated with data from POLCON 2022 Data Release</li> |
| + | </ul> | ||
| + | |revisions=The POLCON 2022 Data Release includes new indicators namely "POLCONV_VDEM" and "POLCONIII_VDEM". Compared to "polconv" and "polconiii" (which are included in v0.001), they contain longer time-series and were used for v0.002. While data for both indicators matches for most countries there are few discrepancies between the POLCON measures, and consequently between both versions in WeSIS. In addition, few changes were applied to the country codes originally provided in POLCON to better reflect the [[Country_codes#A_note_on_.22counterfactual_and_related_unit.22_coding|"related unit coding"]] in WeSIS. | ||
|sources=<ul> | |sources=<ul> | ||
| − | <li>Henisz, | + | <li>Henisz, Witold J. 2017. "The Political Constraint Index (POLCON) Dataset. 2017 Data Release." [https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/faculty/heniszpolcon/polcondataset/ https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/faculty/heniszpolcon/polcondataset/]</li> |
| − | + | <li>Henisz, Witold J. 2022. "The Political Constraint Index (POLCON) Dataset. 2022 Data Release." [https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/faculty/heniszpolcon/polcondataset/ https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/faculty/heniszpolcon/polcondataset/]</li> | |
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Latest revision as of 16:47, 9 May 2025
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| Data type | Numeric |
| Scale | Metric |
| Value labels | Not applicable |
| Technical name | polnat_polity_polconv_polcon |
| Category | Political factors |
| Label | Index of political constraints (POLCON V) |
| Related indicators | Political Constraints III |
Henisz' measures of political constraints (POLCON) capture the "feasibility of change", i.e. the "the extent to which a change in the preferences of any one actor may lead to a change in government policy" (Henisz 2002, 363). It ranges from 0 to 1 with higher values indicating more constraints. The POLCON V index takes five branches (executive, lower and upper legislative chambers, judiciary, and sub-federal entities) into account.
Coding rules
Henisz starts out from identifying the number of independent government branches, assuming policy preferences "independently and identically drawn from a uniform, unidimensional policy space" (Henisz 2002, 363) and taking the extent of partisan alignments across the branches into account. For a detailed description of the index construction see Henisz 2002, 380-389 (Appendix). In contrast to his POLCON III measure which only takes three government branches (executive, lower and upper legislative chambers) into account, POLCON V also considers the judiciary and sub-federal entities as additional veto branches.
Bibliographic info
Citation: Henisz, Witold J. 2000. "The Institutional Environment for Economic Growth." Economics and Politics 12 (1): 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0343.00066
Related publications:- Henisz, Witold J. 2002. "The Institutional Environment for Infrastructure Investment." Industrial and Corporate Change 11 (2): 355-389. https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/11.2.355
- Henisz, Witold J. 2005. "POLCON_2005 Codebook". https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/CODEBOOK_2005.pdf
Misc
Project manager(s): Nils Düpont (INF), Paul Bederke
Data release:- Version 0.001: Initial release
- Version 0.002: Updated with data from POLCON 2022 Data Release
Revisions: The POLCON 2022 Data Release includes new indicators namely "POLCONV_VDEM" and "POLCONIII_VDEM". Compared to "polconv" and "polconiii" (which are included in v0.001), they contain longer time-series and were used for v0.002. While data for both indicators matches for most countries there are few discrepancies between the POLCON measures, and consequently between both versions in WeSIS. In addition, few changes were applied to the country codes originally provided in POLCON to better reflect the "related unit coding" in WeSIS.
Sources
- Henisz, Witold J. 2017. "The Political Constraint Index (POLCON) Dataset. 2017 Data Release." https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/faculty/heniszpolcon/polcondataset/
- Henisz, Witold J. 2022. "The Political Constraint Index (POLCON) Dataset. 2022 Data Release." https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/faculty/heniszpolcon/polcondataset/
