Does Democracy Flourish in the Dark? Regional Development and Democracy Building

<p>The dataset contains only variables (see list below) that the authors are able to share. The rest of variables used in the empirical analysis must be requested or purchased from the Czech Statistical Office (see the paper: https://repec.econ.muni.cz/mub/wpaper/wp/econ/WP_MUNI_ECON_2024-04.pdf).</p> <div> <div>#"MunicipalityID"...Municipality ID</div> <div>#"year"...Year/Election ID</div> <div>#"NoOfVoters"...Number of eligible voters</div> <div>#"ValidVotes"...Number of (valid) cast votes</div> <div>#"ComParty"...Electoral support of the Communist Party</div> <div>#"system"...Electoral support of pro-system parties</div> <div>#"turnout"...Electoral turnout</div> <div>#"incumbent_count"...Votes casted for incumbent(s)</div> <div>#"KSCM_count"...Votes cast for the Communist Party</div> <div>#"system_count"...Votes casted for pro-system parties</div> <div>#"incumbent_L1"...Electoral support of incumbent in previous election</div> <div>#"incumbent_L1_count"...Votes cast for incumbent in the previous election</div> <div>#"MP_k"...MPs from the winning coalition living in the municipality</div> <div>#"MP_o"...MPs from the parliamentary opposition living in the municipality</div> <div>#"NL_mean"...Night-light intensity (mean)</div> <div>#"NL_mean_t1"...Night-light instensity in a previous year</div> <div>#"dist_AT"...distance to the Austrian border</div> <div>#"dist_DEw"...distance to the border of West Germany</div> </div>