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data.eu: Expenditures of the EU-25

Description

This is a data set on the shares of total EU-expenditures received by the individual member states of the EU-25 in 2005. Furthermore, the data describe some relevant characteristics (population share, gross domestic product, etc.) of these member states.

Usage

data.eu

Arguments

Format

A data frame with 25 observations on the following seven variables:

memberEU member state.
expendshare of EU-expenditures received by the member state.
popmember state's population share of the total EU-25-population.
gdpindex relating the member state's per capita income to the average EU-25 per capita income, adjusted for different national price levels.
farmratio of the member state's gross value added in agriculture to the member state's gross domestic product.
votesthe member state's voting share in the Council of Ministers.
mshiplogarithm of the number of months that the member state is part of the EU.

References

Auer, L.v. (2008): Gestaltungspolitik oder Kuhhandel? Eine empirische Analyse der EU-Ausgabenpolitik, in H. Gischer, P. Reichling, T. Spengler, A. Wenig (eds.), Transformation in der Oekonomie - Festschrift fuer Gerhard Schwoediauer zum 65. Geburtstag, Gabler.

Auer, L.v., Hoffmann, S. & Kranz, T. (2024): Ökonometrie - Das R-Arbeitsbuch, 2nd ed., Springer-Gabler (https://www.oekonometrie-lernen.de).