Identifying Ideologues: A Global Dataset on Chief Executives, 1945-2020

• In Event: Social Policy and Public Goods Provision

Brief Overview

This paper presents a new dataset on the economic ideologies of chief executives in 182 countries since 1945 and outlines a research agenda to study the effects of political leaders’ ideologies on policymaking and socioeconomic outcomes worldwide.

Author

• Bastian Benedikt Herre, University of Chicago