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**  AUTHORS: Zareh Asatryan, Annika Havlik and Frank Streif
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**  DATE:    23 May 2017
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**  CONTENT: This public folder includes the data and do files used to replicate the the analysis of the paper:
**           Vetoing and Inaugurating Policy Like Others Do: Evidence on spatial interactions in voter initiatives
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**  LINK:    http://ftp.zew.de/pub/persons/ZarehAsatryan/LocalGovDataDE/     
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**  DATA: 
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**  two datasets are used:
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**  1. Data on the near population of German local governments from 2002 to 2014:
**     AHS_2017_puch_local_gov_data.dta
**     includes many variables on the socio-demographic, fiscal, and other characteristics of municipalities
**     see Appendix B of the paper for details: sources, list of variables, etc
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**  2. Spatial data, which is needed for the analysis specifically in this paper:
**     AHS_2017_puch_spatial_data.dta
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**  For variable description and summary statistics, see: AHS_2017_puch_SummaryStats.pdf
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**  DO-FILE: AHS_2017_puch_DO_23052017.do
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**  CITATION: when using the data please cite:
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**     Asatryan, Zareh and Annika Havlik and Frank Streif (2017).
**     Vetoing and Inaugurating Policy Like Others Do: Evidence on spatial interactions in voter initiatives
**     Public Choice, forthcoming.
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