Integrating Formal and Relational Contracting: The Link Between Network Structure and Contract Design in Interlocal Collaboration Agreements Dataset

This dataset includes information on a random sample of 300 bilateral interlocal agreements related to public safety in Iowa filed between 2007 and 2017. The variables included are: - filing_number: A unique identifier for each agreement. - service_type: The type of public safety service covered by the agreement (e.g., Criminal Investigation, Police Protection, Fire Response, Emergency Management, Jail and Corrections). - active_agreements: The number of active agreements among the participants of the contract. - mutual_partners: The number of mutual partners shared by the parties involved in the agreement. - years_collaborating: The total duration (in years) that the partners in the contract have collaborated. - completeness_score: A score representing the overall completeness of the agreement, based on the inclusion of key contractual provisions (ranging from 0 to 12). - filing_year: The year in which the agreement was filed. - col_direction: The direction of collaboration (e.g., Horizontal, Vertical, Cross-sector). - bonding_dum: A binary indicator of bonding social capital (1 if present, 0 otherwise). - service_contract: Indicates whether the agreement is a service contract (Yes/No).