Replication Data for EU Institutional Choice Law and Politics Study

Replication data for Michal Ovádek's book 'Contested Competences in the European Union: The Law and Politics of Institutional Choice', published by Oxford University Press in 2026. The dataset is hosted on Harvard Dataverse and was last updated on April 27, 2026.

Use Cases

• Replicate statistical analyses from the associated book based on the provided data.
• Study patterns of institutional choice within the European Union based on the described legal and political variables.
• Analyze the relationship between law and politics in EU competence disputes based on the dataset's features.

Strengths

• Data is directly linked to a peer-reviewed academic publication from Oxford University Press.
• Hosted on the authoritative Harvard Dataverse platform, ensuring preservation and access.
• Last update timestamp (2026.04.27) is precisely recorded.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Michal Ovádek, Harvard Dataverse

Collection Method

Replication data for academic publication; collection method not specified.

Time Range

Temporal coverage not specified in the description.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-27 15:52:14; freshness should be verified.

Geography

European Union