This thread keeps track of all verdict-level variables that we defined. We keep necessary notes, paths to the data file, or links to issue threads here. Our sample deals with civil lawsuits only.
Firm vs. individuals
County of operation / residence
County of ruling
State-owned enterprise
defendant_soe or plaintiff_soe
a few variations on different types of state ownership: soe_central, soe_connected, soe_central_connected
See Issue #5 for summary statistics of matching rate, and follow-up analysis
Government procurement
defendant_procure or plaintiff_procure
a few variation on the timing of procurement, the number of procurement records
See Issue #6 for summary statistics of matching rate, and follow-up analysis
This thread keeps track of all verdict-level variables that we defined. We keep necessary notes, paths to the data file, or links to issue threads here. Our sample deals with civil lawsuits only.
Firm vs. individuals
County of operation / residence
County of ruling
State-owned enterprise
defendant_soe
orplaintiff_soe
soe_central
,soe_connected
,soe_central_connected
Government procurement
defendant_procure
orplaintiff_procure