CNTS - Cross-National Time-Series
The Cross-National Time-Series database provides international and national observations for 200 states from 1815 onwards.
CNTS is available to registered, current EUI members on the secured K:\ drive (see access procedures below).
Database variables include: population, government finances and per capita GDP. A full list of the 194 variables is available on this CNTS page .
The CNTS data project began at SUNY Binghamton in 1968 and has since undergone many revisions in scope. The evolution of the database is explained on this supporting web page . An in-depth description is available in a 20pp Word document filed with the data on the secured EUI K:\ drive.
CNTS contains data for over 200 states from 1815 to 2006 (excluding the periods 1914-1918 and 1940-1945). The basic structure of the archive is that of a rectangular matrix of periodically augmented records, each encompassing data for one country-year.
On the Library server there are seven CNTS files in two sub-folders (data and documentation):
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CNTS data
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Codebook
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Tab.of States
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User's manual
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Instructions
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License terms
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Bibliography
Data ranges from 1815 onwards (excluding 1914-1918 and 1940-1945).
A resource description is available from Databanks International .
A related book, Cross-Polity Time-Series Data , by CNTS founder Arthur S. Banks – is available at the Badia Library (310 BAN).
Access to this data is restricted to current EUI members who have completed the registration procedure, as follows:
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Complete the online EUI Data Registration Form (selecting 'CNTS' from the dropdown menu)
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Sign the EUI 'Conditions of Use' agreement and the 'Confidentiality Declaration' at the Badia Library (Economics Office, 085)
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Following confirmation of status, registered current EUI members are given clearance to access the data via secured server. There is no off-site access.
Contact: Thomas Bourke at econlibrary@eui.eu