The Correlates of State Policy Project: Introducing a New Dataset Base

• In Event: Theoretical and Empirical Advances in Studying Policy Change

Brief Overview

The paper introduces a new, public database of more than 2,000 U.S. state politics and policy variables spanning years from 1900 – 2017. We describe the breadth and depth, variable structure and format, and advantages of the repository.

Authors

• Marty Jordan, Michigan State University

• Jillian Evans, Michigan State University

• Matthew Grossmann, Michigan State University