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).

本数据集包含2007年至2017年间美国艾奥瓦州（Iowa）提交的、与公共安全相关的300份双边地方间协议（bilateral interlocal agreements）的随机抽样信息。

所包含的变量如下：
- 归档编号（filing_number）：每份协议的唯一标识符。
- 服务类型（service_type）：协议覆盖的公共安全服务类别（例如刑事侦查、警务防护、消防响应、应急管理、监狱与惩教）。
- 有效协议数（active_agreements）：协议参与方所持有的有效协议数量。
- 互助合作方数量（mutual_partners）：协议涉及各方共享的互助合作方总数。
- 合作时长（years_collaborating）：协议各方累计的合作年限（单位：年）。
- 完备性得分（completeness_score）：基于关键合同条款完备情况计算的协议整体完备性得分，取值范围为0至12。
- 归档年份（filing_year）：协议提交的年份。
- 合作方向（col_direction）：合作的方向类型（例如横向、纵向、跨领域）。
- 社会联结虚拟变量（bonding_dum）：联结型社会资本的二元指示变量（存在则取值为1，否则为0）。
- 是否为服务合同（service_contract）：标识该协议是否为服务合同（是/否）。