pluralityPairs, corresponding to a matched pairs design.pluralityPairscountry: country name (string).
pair: pair identifier (numeric). The 8 countries are matched into 4 pairs.
plurality: binary treatment indicator (numeric), where a country is coded 1 if it used plurality rules with one round only for its transitional multi-party presidential elections in the 1990s. A country is coded 0 if the electoral rules for the transitional election had a run-off provision to eliminate weaker candidates and hold a second round election if no candidate met a vote threshold in the first round.
OppHarRankPair: within-pair rank for the country's level of opposition harassment by the incumbent regimein the lead up to the transitional multi-party presidential election (numeric). Within each pair, the country that had greater opposition harassment is coded 1; the other country is coded 0. The rank is determined by qualitative reports of whether the incumbent regime targeted only opposition leaders or supporters or both; whether opposition members were detained and their treatment during dention, such as torture or death; whether violence was threatened or used; and the extent of any violence towards the opposition. Glynn, Adam N., and Nahomi Ichino. 2014b. "Using Qualitative Information to Improve Causal Inference." American Journal of Political Science. Forthcoming.
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