The recent growth in research on "good governance" and the quality of government institutions has been propelled by empirical findings that show that such institutions may hold the key to understanding economic growth and social welfare in developing and transition countries. We argue, however,...

The QoG OECD data-set consist of approximately 1000 variables from approximately 80 data sources. The data-set includes OECD member countries and has high data coverage in terms of geography and time.In the QoG OECD CS data-set, data from and around 2015 is included. Data from 2015 is...

The QoG EU Regional data-set is a data-set consisting of approximately 450 variables covering three levels of European regions - Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS): NUTS0 (country), NUTS1(major socio-economic regions) and NUTS2(basic regions for the application of regional...

The QoG Standard data-set is our largest data-set. It consists of approximately 2500 variables from more than 100 data sources.In the QoG Standard CS data-set, data from and around 2012 is included. Data from 2012 is prioritized, however, if no data is available for a country for 2012, data for...

The QoG Standard data-set is our largest data-set. It consists of approximately 2500 variables from more than 100 data sources.In the QoG Standard CS data-set, data from and around 2013 is included. Data from 2013 is prioritized, however, if no data is available for a country for 2013, data for...

The QoG Standard data-set is our largest data-set. It consists of approximately 2100 variables from more than 100 data sources.In the QoG Standard CS data-set, data from and around 2014 is included. Data from 2014 is prioritized, however, if no data is available for a country for 2014, data for...

The QoG Standard data-set is our largest data-set. It consists of approximately 2100 variables from more than 100 data sources.In the QoG Standard CS data-set, data from and around 2015 is included. Data from 2015 is prioritized, however, if no data is available for a country for 2015, data for...

One aim of the QoG Institute is to make publicly available cross-national comparative data on QoG and its correlates. To accomplish this objective we have compiled both a cross-sectional data-set with global coverage pertaining to the year 2002 (or the closest year available), and a...

One aim of the QoG Institute is to make publicly available cross-national comparative data on QoG and its correlates. To accomplish this objective we have compiled both a cross-sectional dataset with global coverage pertaining to the year 2002 (or the closest year available), and a...

One aim of the QoG Institute is to make publicly available cross-national comparative data on QoG and its correlates. To accomplish this objective we have compiled both a cross-sectional dataset with global coverage pertaining to the year 2002 (or the closest year available), and a...