Historical Data on Democratization, Officeholding Requirements, and Government Spending

Replication Data for 'Officeholding Requirements and the Fiscal Consequences of Democratization' is hosted by Harvard Dataverse. The dataset likely contains historical information on government spending and leaders' educational attainment used to analyze the political economy of first-wave democratization. It was last updated on April 9, -2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the link between suffrage expansion and redistribution under different officeholding requirements.
• Examining the association between eligibility rules and the election of leaders with varying educational attainment.
• Testing theories of redistribution that incorporate officeholding requirements as an elite safeguard.
• Investigating the partial nature of first-wave democratization through historical spending and leadership data.

Strengths

• Dataset is associated with a peer-reviewed academic paper, providing a clear research context.
• Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-04-09 21:44:03.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count, file formats, and license information are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Harvard Dataverse, authored by Sebastian Cortesi.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from historical records for academic research, as described in the associated paper.

Time Range

Covers the first wave of democratization; specific years are not provided.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04 09 21:44:03; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Geographic coverage is not specified in the provided metadata.