Relational Data on Members of Portuguese Governments (1976–2014)
Abstract
:1. Summary
2. Data Description
2.1. Data
Variable | Type | Description |
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Name | string | Name of the member of government |
Party | string | Political party/group |
RepParty | string | Political party/coalition (i.e., elected in representation of...) |
Begin | numeric | Year that a connection starts; “−1” means no date or that it was not possible to obtain the exact date |
End | numeric | Year that a connection ends; “−1” means no date or that it was not possible to obtain the exact date |
Organization | string | Name of the organization [PT] |
Position | string | Position in the organization [PT] |
2.2. Metadata
- 1.
- Banks and Finance and Monetary Intermediation except Insurance
- 2.
- Insurance, Pension Funds and Complementary Activities
- 3.
- Manufacturing except Construction
- 4.
- Utilities concerning Natural Resources (e.g., Power, Oil, Water)
- 5.
- Real Estate and Construction
- 6.
- Communications
- 7.
- Media
Variable | Type | Description |
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N_Years 1 | numeric | Number of years between the begin and end year; “” means not available and is applied when one of the two previous variables or both are unknown. |
Econ_Sector 1 | numeric | Connection to a given economic sector [0–7]. The list of economic sectors was previously described in this section. “0” translates as not being connected to any of the sectors in the list. |
ThreeMore_Econ_Sector2 | boolean | Flag [0,1] to indicate that a given person has connections to three or more economic sectors. |
Course_University 1 | string | Course attended/completed. “N.a.” translates as not available. “?” means that there was no specific information found on the course. [PT] |
Place_University 1 | string | City of the university. “N.a.” translates as not available. “?” means that there was no specific information found on the city. [PT] |
Privatized_Company 1 | boolean | Flag [0,1] to indicate that a given connection involves a privatized company. |
Gender 2 | string | Gender of the person [“M”,“F"]. |
MajorEconGroup1 | string | Connection to a given major economic group. |
PPP 1 | boolean | Flag [0,1] to indicate that a given connection involves a company involved in public-private partnerships. |
Angola 1 | boolean | Flag [0,1] to indicate that a given connection involves a company with capital from Angola. |
PSI20 1 | string | Connection to a company indexed in the Portuguese Stock Market Index. |
Government 1 | numeric | Connection to a given government [0,1,2,3,...,19] where "0" translates as not a government connection. |
BusinessConnected 2 | boolean | Flag [0,1] to indicate if a given person is connected to businesses. |
3. Methods
Variables | Available Information |
---|---|
Begin | 0.75 |
End | 0.80 |
N_Years | 0.71 |
Course_University | 0.94 |
Place_University | 0.96 |
4. User Notes
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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- In Portuguese: Grupo Mello, Grupo Champalimaud, Banco Espírito Santo, Banco Comercial Português, Santander, Grupo Mota-Engil, Portugal Telecom, Banco Português de Investimentos, Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Grupo SONAE, Grupo Jerónimo Martins, Grupo Américo Amorim.
- The acronyms used in the data set are as follows, by order of presentation: BCP, BES, BNF, BPI, EDP, GALP, JM, MTE, PRT, PT, REN, SMP, SNE, ZON.
- Public Registry of the Ministry of Justice: http://publicacoes.mj.pt/.
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Moniz, N.; Campos, A. Relational Data on Members of Portuguese Governments (1976–2014). Data 2016, 1, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.3390/data1010001
Moniz N, Campos A. Relational Data on Members of Portuguese Governments (1976–2014). Data. 2016; 1(1):1-8. https://doi.org/10.3390/data1010001
Chicago/Turabian StyleMoniz, Nuno, and Adriano Campos. 2016. "Relational Data on Members of Portuguese Governments (1976–2014)" Data 1, no. 1: 1-8. https://doi.org/10.3390/data1010001
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