Election Quality and International Observation 1975-2004: Two New Datasets

Abstract:     
This paper introduces two new datasets on national level elections from 1975 to 2004. The data are grouped into two separate datasets, the Quality of Elections Data and the Data on International Election Monitoring. Together these data sets provide original information on elections, election observation and election quality, and will enable researchers to study a variety of research questions. The datasets will be publicly available and are maintained at a project website.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 20

Keywords: elections, data, fraud, election quality, violence, international election observation, election observers, transnational actors, election data

JEL Classification: D72, Z00

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