Howdy. I'm sorry if I'm being dense, but why are West Germany ( German Federal Republic , cown= 260) given the same English -- and German -- name of post-unification Germany (Germany, cown = 255) ? This seems to introduce unnecessary ambiguity in the codelist_panel data included in the package. The countrycode package does (correctly) treat East Germany (German Democratic Republic, cown = 265) separate from 'Germany.'
Howdy. I'm sorry if I'm being dense, but why are West Germany ( German Federal Republic ,
cown
= 260) given the same English -- and German -- name of post-unification Germany (Germany, cown = 255) ? This seems to introduce unnecessary ambiguity in thecodelist_panel
data included in the package. Thecountrycode
package does (correctly) treat East Germany (German Democratic Republic, cown = 265) separate from 'Germany.'Is there a reason for this?