Franchise Cluster Governance and Survival Under Economic Adversity

Replication data for a study on franchise cluster governance during economic hardship. The analysis file is constructed from three sources: Franchise Disclosure Documents (FDDs), the US Census Bureau, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis using Stata and R. The package includes code to generate data for 2 figures and 10 tables from the associated paper and web appendix.

Use Cases

• Analyzing franchise system governance structures based on data from Franchise Disclosure Documents.
• Modeling the impact of economic adversity on business survival using integrated census and economic data.
• Replicating or extending the econometric analysis for the 2 figures and 10 tables in the original paper.

Strengths

• Data is constructed from three official sources: Franchise Disclosure Documents, US Census Bureau, and Bureau of Economic Analysis.
• Replication package includes all code to regenerate the analysis for the published paper's 2 figures and 10 tables.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Franchise Disclosure Documents (FDDs), US Census Bureau, Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Collection Method

Constructed via Stata and R code from three source datasets.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-16 13:31:07; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely United States, based on the named data sources.