Replication data for: Governance, Growth and Distribution: The Corruption–Inequality Nexus in Southeast Asia

This repository provides replication data and documentation for the manuscript “Governance, Growth and Distribution: The Corruption–Inequality Nexus in Southeast Asia.” The dataset is a country–year panel covering nine Southeast Asian countries for 2012–2019 (N = 71 country-year observations). Variables include reverse Corruption Perceptions Index (revCPI), income inequality (Gini), GDP per capita (GDPpc), fixed capital formation (FCF), government consumption (CONS_Gov), inflation (INF), unemployment (UNEMP), trade openness (TRADE), population growth (POP), voice and accountability (VA), and democracy measures (electdem_vdem_owid, media, demo).Files included: dataset file(s) and a one-page codebook/data dictionary describing variable definitions, scales, observed ranges, and missing-value handling.