*___________________________________________________________________________________________ * josh clinton * princeton university * code for "Representation in Congress: Constituents and Roll Calls" * forthcoming in Journal of Politics * May 2005 *___________________________________________________________________________________________ use "C:\***PATH"""\HOUSE.106.AKN.dta", clear recode pty 100=0 200=1 328=0 generate n = numsp + numi + numop /* Generate weights (% in district for each) */ gen pctsp = numsp/n gen pctnsp = numnsp/n gen pcti = numi/n gen pctop = numop/n sum pctsp pctnsp pcti pctop n gen pctspid = pctsp*splc gen pctnspid = pctnsp*nsplc gen pctiid = pcti*ilc gen pctopid = pctop*oplc * All Roll Call Votes * Table 1 *___________________________________________________________________________________________ regress x106mean lc pty [aweight=n] regress x106mean pctspid pctnspid pty [aweight=n] test pctspid=pctnspid eivreg x106mean pctspid pctnspid pty [aweight=n], r(pctspid .95 pctnspid .85) test pctspid=pctnspid * regress x106mean lc pty /* No weights */ * regress x106mean pctspid pctnspid pty * test pctspid=pctnspid * eivreg x106mean pctspid pctnspid pty, r(pctspid .95 pctnspid .85) * test pctspid=pctnspid cor pctspid pctnspid pty cor pctspid pctnspid if pty==1 cor pctspid pctnspid if pty==0 * Table 2 *___________________________________________________________________________________________ cor pctspid lc if pty==1 cor pctnspid lc if pty==1 cor pctspid lc if pty==0 cor pctnspid lc if pty==0 sum pctspid pctnspid sum pctspid pctnspid splc nsplc pctsp pctnsp x106mean if pty==1 sum pctspid pctnspid splc nsplc pctsp pctnsp x106mean if pty==0 regress x106mean lc pty [aweight=n] /* Baseline if MVT */ regress x106mean pctspid pctnspid pty [aweight=n] test pctspid=pctnspid regress x106mean lc [aweight=n] if pty==1 eivreg x106mean lc [aweight=n] if pty==1, r(lc .86) regress x106mean lc [aweight=n] if pty==0 eivreg x106mean lc [aweight=n] if pty==0, r(lc .86) regress x106mean pctspid pctnspid [aweight=n] if pty==1 eivreg x106mean pctspid pctnspid [aweight=n] if pty==1, r(pctspid .32 pctnspid .63) test pctspid=pctnspid * regress x106mean pctspid pctnspid if pty==1 /* No weights */ * eivreg x106mean pctspid pctnspid if pty==1, r(pctspid .32 pctnspid .63) * test pctspid = pctnspid regress x106mean pctspid pctnspid [aweight=n] if pty==0 eivreg x106mean pctspid pctnspid [aweight=n] if pty==0, r(pctspid .7 pctnspid .64) test pctspid=pctnspid * regress x106mean pctspid pctnspid if pty==0 /* No weights */ * eivreg x106mean pctspid pctnspid if pty==0, r(pctspid .7 pctnspid .64) * test pctspid=pctnspid /* Given change in signs from using EIV, examine hypothetical reliabilities */ * eivreg x106mean pctspid pctnspid [aweight=n] if pty==1, r(pctspid .9 pctnspid .9) * eivreg x106mean pctspid pctnspid [aweight=n] if pty==1, r(pctspid .8 pctnspid .8) * eivreg x106mean pctspid pctnspid [aweight=n] if pty==1, r(pctspid .7 pctnspid .7) * eivreg x106mean pctspid pctnspid [aweight=n] if pty==1, r(pctspid .6 pctnspid .7) * eivreg x106mean pctspid pctnspid [aweight=n] if pty==1, r(pctspid .5 pctnspid .7) * eivreg x106mean pctspid pctnspid [aweight=n] if pty==1, r(pctspid .4 pctnspid .7) * eivreg x106mean pctspid pctnspid [aweight=n] if pty==1, r(pctspid .3 pctnspid .7) * Key Roll Call Votes * Table 3 *___________________________________________________________________________________________ regress x106kmean pctspid pctnspid pty [aweight=n] test pctspid=pctnspid eivreg x106kmean lc [aweight=n] if pty==1, r(lc .86) regress x106kmean pctspid pctnspid [aweight=n] if pty==1 test pctspid=pctnspid eivreg x106kmean pctspid pctnspid [aweight=n] if pty==1, r(pctspid .32 pctnspid .63) test pctspid=pctnspid /* No Weights * eivreg x106kmean lc if pty==1, r(lc .86) * regress x106kmean pctspid pctnspid if pty==1 * test pctspid=pctnspid * eivreg x106kmean pctspid pctnspid if pty==1, r(pctspid .32 pctnspid .63) * test pctspid=pctnspid */ eivreg x106kmean lc [aweight=n] if pty==0, r(lc .86) regress x106kmean pctspid pctnspid [aweight=n] if pty==0 test pctspid=pctnspid eivreg x106kmean pctspid pctnspid [aweight=n] if pty==0, r(pctspid .7 pctnspid .64) test pctspid=pctnspid /* No Weights * eivreg x106kmean lc if pty==0, r(lc .86) * regress x106kmean pctspid pctnspid if pty==0 * test pctspid=pctnspid * eivreg x106kmean pctspid pctnspid if pty==0, r(pctspid .32 pctnspid .63) * test pctspid=pctnspid */ * Try alternative specifications *___________________________________________________________________________________________ *regress x106mean oplc ilc splc pty [aweight=n] /* sub-constituency means */ *regress x106mean oplc ilc splc [aweight=n] if pty==1 *regress x106mean oplc ilc splc [aweight=n] if pty==0 *regress x106mean pctspid pctiid pctopid pty [aweight=n] /* wgtd. sub-constituency means */ *regress x106mean pctspid pctiid pctopid [aweight=n] if pty==1 *regress x106mean pctspid pctiid pctopid [aweight=n] if pty==0