Contents:

This text file provides the data needed to replicate the findings in Abdollahian, Coan, Oh, and Yesilada (2012). The file organizes the data in long (or panel) format and includes:

country -- country name
coid -- numeric country ID
wave -- World Values Survey Wave
R -- Rational-Secular Values (source: World Values Survey)
S -- Self-Expression Values (source: World Values Survey)
D -- Effective Democracy (source: Freedom House and Political Risk Services)
Y -- Economic Progress (source: Penn World Tables)

Please consult Abdollahian, Coan, Oh, and Yesilada (2012) for detailed source information, as well as details pertaining to how each variable was constructed.

Replication:

Additional information to replicate the main empirical findings (i.e. Table 2) are provided at Travis Coan's Dataverse:

http://dvn.iq.harvard.edu/dvn/dv/tcoan

This zip file includes MATLAB code to implement the GANLS procedure, a MATLAB program file that replicates the results in Table 2, and additional information on using the GANLS procedure.

Questions:

Please direct questions related to replication or the GANLS procedure to Travis Coan at tcoan@law.harvard.edu.
