A latent democracy measure 1850-2000
| Autor: | Peter Foldvari |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Popis: | In this paper we apply a factor analysis with a measurement error model to extract the latent democracy variable from the components of polity2 and Vanhanen’s Index of Democracy, under the assumption that each of these components are driven by a common latent factor with different amount of measurement errors. We use the estimated latent democracy variable to estimate the distribution of democracy across countries over the 1860- 2000 period. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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