Local Government Dataset

This panel data set covers Norwegian local governments from 1972 to 2016 and was originally constructed for an analysis of the strategic use of public capital (Fiva and Natvik, 2013). A first version of the data set was released in April 2012. The second version, released in December 2015, updates the time series and includes new variables. This third version corrects errors in the election statistics and updates the time series. The fiscal policy variables are constructed from account data provided by the Norwegian Social Science Data Service (NSD). The data set includes detailed information on eight different public spending programs/sectors, local tax policy, elections, and demographics.