Vintages of the dataset

Lastest version - May 2025

The latest version of the database can be downloaded here:

The latest version of the database has benefitted from the feedback of many researchers (some of them mentioned on the acknowledgements page), who have helped refine and improve the index and fix some typos.

A detailed description of the construction of this dataset can be downloaded here:

February 2024 Update

The version of the database created in February 2024 and used in Romelli (2024) can be downloaded here:

Dataset Version 1.0 - Economic Policy (2022)

The data on CBI used in Romelli (2022) can be downloaded here:

The replication code and data can be found at Harvard Dataverse.

Quality of Government (QoG) Data

The data on central bank independence are also available in the Quality of Government (QoG) Dataset.