The usual caveats apply here: cross-country comparisons are often BS, correlation is not causation, I’m presenting smoothed densities instead of (jagged) histograms, etc, etc...
I’ve combined data on electoral system design and covid response to start thinking about the possible relationships between electoral system and crisis response. Here’s some initial stuff: the gap, in days, between first confirmed cases and first school and workplace closures. Note that n= ~80 for these two datasets, pending some cleaning and hopefully a fuller merge between the different datasets.
To me, the potentially interesting thing here is the apparently lower variability of PR government responses. But I think there’s a 75% chance that this is an illusion… there are many more PR governments than others in the dataset, and this may just be an instance of variability decreasing with sample size.
If there’s an appetite here for more like this, I’ll try and flesh out the analysis with some more instructive stuff, with the predictable criticisms either dismissed or validated.
The usual caveats apply here: cross-country comparisons are often BS, correlation is not causation, I’m presenting smoothed densities instead of (jagged) histograms, etc, etc...
I’ve combined data on electoral system design and covid response to start thinking about the possible relationships between electoral system and crisis response. Here’s some initial stuff: the gap, in days, between first confirmed cases and first school and workplace closures. Note that n= ~80 for these two datasets, pending some cleaning and hopefully a fuller merge between the different datasets.
To me, the potentially interesting thing here is the apparently lower variability of PR government responses. But I think there’s a 75% chance that this is an illusion… there are many more PR governments than others in the dataset, and this may just be an instance of variability decreasing with sample size.
If there’s an appetite here for more like this, I’ll try and flesh out the analysis with some more instructive stuff, with the predictable criticisms either dismissed or validated.
What does PR stand for?
Proportional representation?
Proportional representation