Correlation between Ministerial Ordinances and Governing Party Size Variable Definitions GPL: The average of the governing party Lower House seat share in each legislative session weighted by the number of days in session GPU: The average of the governing party Upper House seat share in each legislative session weighted by the number of days in session NMO: The annual number of ministerial ordinances NRR: Data used by Ramseyer and Rosenbluth (1993, p. 137) NCO: The annual number of cabinet ordinances NTO: NMO + NCO PMO: The percentage of NMO as a total of ordinances and laws PRR: The percentage of NRR as a total of ordinances and laws PCO: The percentage of NCO as a total of ordinances and laws PTO: The percentage of NTO as a total of ordinances and laws NCR: 1 if the year is a non-crisis period, and 0 otherwise The SAS System 1 00:25 Wednesday, July 14, 1999 Correlation Analysis 10 'VAR' Variables: GPL GPU PMO PRR PTO PCO NMO NRR NTO NCO Simple Statistics Variable N Mean Std Dev Sum Minimum Maximum GPL 49 56.5730 6.3184 2772 33.7311 68.5694 GPU 49 51.1290 7.7687 2505 11.7573 63.1200 PMO 49 84.5542 4.5941 4143 74.2887 90.9091 PRR 39 83.2266 4.7132 3246 74.1250 89.1003 PTO 49 89.3614 3.3627 4379 81.9393 93.5003 PCO 49 74.9573 6.7482 3673 60.5475 84.7380 NMO 49 698.0000 93.5321 34202 534.0000 960.0000 NRR 39 621.6410 77.4666 24244 465.0000 793.0000 NTO 49 1075 124.0651 52691 854.0000 1381 NCO 49 377.3265 43.4158 18489 276.0000 509.0000 The SAS System 2 00:25 Wednesday, July 14, 1999 Correlation Analysis Pearson Correlation Coefficients / Prob > |R| under Ho: Rho=0 / Number of Observations GPL GPU PMO PRR PTO GPL 1.00000 0.75229 -0.36842 -0.29493 -0.34712 0.0 0.0001 0.0092 0.0683 0.0145 49 49 49 39 49 GPU 0.75229 1.00000 -0.01486 0.10446 -0.00017 0.0001 0.0 0.9193 0.5268 0.9991 49 49 49 39 49 PMO -0.36842 -0.01486 1.00000 0.98996 0.99368 0.0092 0.9193 0.0 0.0001 0.0001 49 49 49 39 49 PRR -0.29493 0.10446 0.98996 1.00000 0.98603 0.0683 0.5268 0.0001 0.0 0.0001 39 39 39 39 39 PTO -0.34712 -0.00017 0.99368 0.98603 1.00000 0.0145 0.9991 0.0001 0.0001 0.0 49 49 49 39 49 PCO -0.30600 0.02008 0.94688 0.94177 0.97619 0.0325 0.8911 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 49 49 49 39 49 NMO 0.08256 0.01026 -0.23439 -0.36082 -0.29486 0.5728 0.9442 0.1050 0.0240 0.0397 49 49 49 39 49 NRR 0.23810 0.07733 -0.26023 -0.19623 -0.29619 0.1444 0.6398 0.1096 0.2312 0.0671 39 39 39 39 39 NTO 0.15250 0.05482 -0.28935 -0.40595 -0.32147 0.2955 0.7083 0.0437 0.0103 0.0243 49 49 49 39 49 NCO 0.25793 0.13456 -0.32191 -0.39026 -0.28342 0.0736 0.3566 0.0241 0.0140 0.0484 49 49 49 39 49 The SAS System 3 00:25 Wednesday, July 14, 1999 Correlation Analysis Pearson Correlation Coefficients / Prob > |R| under Ho: Rho=0 / Number of Observations PCO NMO NRR NTO NCO GPL -0.30600 0.08256 0.23810 0.15250 0.25793 0.0325 0.5728 0.1444 0.2955 0.0736 49 49 39 49 49 GPU 0.02008 0.01026 0.07733 0.05482 0.13456 0.8911 0.9442 0.6398 0.7083 0.3566 49 49 39 49 49 PMO 0.94688 -0.23439 -0.26023 -0.28935 -0.32191 0.0001 0.1050 0.1096 0.0437 0.0241 49 49 39 49 49 PRR 0.94177 -0.36082 -0.19623 -0.40595 -0.39026 0.0001 0.0240 0.2312 0.0103 0.0140 39 39 39 39 39 PTO 0.97619 -0.29486 -0.29619 -0.32147 -0.28342 0.0001 0.0397 0.0671 0.0243 0.0484 49 49 39 49 49 PCO 1.00000 -0.39929 -0.36581 -0.37104 -0.20009 0.0 0.0045 0.0220 0.0087 0.1681 49 49 39 49 49 NMO -0.39929 1.00000 0.93152 0.95895 0.58597 0.0045 0.0 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 49 49 39 49 49 NRR -0.36581 0.93152 1.00000 0.89847 0.63073 0.0220 0.0001 0.0 0.0001 0.0001 39 39 39 39 39 NTO -0.37104 0.95895 0.89847 1.00000 0.79170 0.0087 0.0001 0.0001 0.0 0.0001 49 49 39 49 49 NCO -0.20009 0.58597 0.63073 0.79170 1.00000 0.1681 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0 49 49 39 49 49 The SAS System 4 00:25 Wednesday, July 14, 1999 Correlation Analysis 10 'VAR' Variables: GPL GPU PMO PRR PTO PCO NMO NRR NTO NCO Simple Statistics Variable N Mean Std Dev Sum Minimum Maximum GPL 37 57.7869 4.6365 2138 45.4398 64.3756 GPU 37 52.6490 3.6264 1948 43.5715 57.3392 PMO 37 85.4752 3.8429 3163 75.7895 90.0787 PRR 34 84.0986 4.2969 2859 74.1250 89.1003 PTO 37 90.1371 2.7187 3335 83.4002 93.4634 PCO 37 76.7702 5.2572 2840 65.4424 84.7380 NMO 37 664.2432 66.2627 24577 534.0000 837.0000 NRR 34 610.3529 73.6831 20752 465.0000 790.0000 NTO 37 1034 95.1701 38272 854.0000 1279 NCO 37 370.1351 38.2827 13695 276.0000 460.0000 The SAS System 5 00:25 Wednesday, July 14, 1999 Correlation Analysis Pearson Correlation Coefficients / Prob > |R| under Ho: Rho=0 / Number of Observations GPL GPU PMO PRR PTO GPL 1.00000 0.42544 -0.69831 -0.67334 -0.71978 0.0 0.0087 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 37 37 37 34 37 GPU 0.42544 1.00000 -0.25290 -0.09994 -0.28523 0.0087 0.0 0.1310 0.5739 0.0870 37 37 37 34 37 PMO -0.69831 -0.25290 1.00000 0.99346 0.99542 0.0001 0.1310 0.0 0.0001 0.0001 37 37 37 34 37 PRR -0.67334 -0.09994 0.99346 1.00000 0.98587 0.0001 0.5739 0.0001 0.0 0.0001 34 34 34 34 34 PTO -0.71978 -0.28523 0.99542 0.98587 1.00000 0.0001 0.0870 0.0001 0.0001 0.0 37 37 37 34 37 PCO -0.75027 -0.36190 0.95612 0.93984 0.97910 0.0001 0.0277 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 37 37 37 34 37 NMO 0.54121 0.40781 -0.15500 -0.07854 -0.19198 0.0005 0.0122 0.3597 0.6588 0.2550 37 37 37 34 37 NRR 0.49810 0.54887 -0.07545 0.00454 -0.11183 0.0027 0.0008 0.6715 0.9797 0.5289 34 34 34 34 34 NTO 0.54097 0.33435 -0.23440 -0.17952 -0.24282 0.0005 0.0431 0.1626 0.3097 0.1476 37 37 37 34 37 NCO 0.40808 0.12533 -0.31443 -0.30942 -0.27135 0.0122 0.4598 0.0580 0.0750 0.1043 37 37 37 34 37 The SAS System 6 00:25 Wednesday, July 14, 1999 Correlation Analysis Pearson Correlation Coefficients / Prob > |R| under Ho: Rho=0 / Number of Observations PCO NMO NRR NTO NCO GPL -0.75027 0.54121 0.49810 0.54097 0.40808 0.0001 0.0005 0.0027 0.0005 0.0122 37 37 34 37 37 GPU -0.36190 0.40781 0.54887 0.33435 0.12533 0.0277 0.0122 0.0008 0.0431 0.4598 37 37 34 37 37 PMO 0.95612 -0.15500 -0.07545 -0.23440 -0.31443 0.0001 0.3597 0.6715 0.1626 0.0580 37 37 34 37 37 PRR 0.93984 -0.07854 0.00454 -0.17952 -0.30942 0.0001 0.6588 0.9797 0.3097 0.0750 34 34 34 34 34 PTO 0.97910 -0.19198 -0.11183 -0.24282 -0.27135 0.0001 0.2550 0.5289 0.1476 0.1043 37 37 34 37 37 PCO 1.00000 -0.28145 -0.20455 -0.27281 -0.19106 0.0 0.0915 0.2459 0.1023 0.2573 37 37 34 37 37 NMO -0.28145 1.00000 0.97002 0.95006 0.63094 0.0915 0.0 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 37 37 34 37 37 NRR -0.20455 0.97002 1.00000 0.91007 0.60028 0.2459 0.0001 0.0 0.0001 0.0002 34 34 34 34 34 NTO -0.27281 0.95006 0.91007 1.00000 0.84155 0.1023 0.0001 0.0001 0.0 0.0001 37 37 34 37 37 NCO -0.19106 0.63094 0.60028 0.84155 1.00000 0.2573 0.0001 0.0002 0.0001 0.0 37 37 34 37 37 The SAS System 7 00:25 Wednesday, July 14, 1999 TTEST PROCEDURE Variable: NMO NCR N Mean Std Dev Std Error Minimum Maximum ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 17 737.3529412 98.07327693 23.78626352 574.0000000 932.0000000 1 24 656.2500000 61.00766167 12.45313679 534.0000000 762.0000000 Variances T DF Prob>|T| --------------------------------------- Unequal 3.0207 24.7 0.0058 Equal 3.2648 39.0 0.0023 For H0: Variances are equal, F' = 2.58 DF = (16,23) Prob>F' = 0.0372 ****************************************************************************** Variable: NRR NCR N Mean Std Dev Std Error Minimum Maximum ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 15 656.7333333 84.70576525 21.87093454 515.0000000 793.0000000 1 24 599.7083333 65.13296044 13.29520988 465.0000000 724.0000000 Variances T DF Prob>|T| --------------------------------------- Unequal 2.2280 24.2 0.0354 Equal 2.3682 37.0 0.0232 For H0: Variances are equal, F' = 1.69 DF = (14,23) Prob>F' = 0.2553 ****************************************************************************** Variable: NTO NCR N Mean Std Dev Std Error Minimum Maximum ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 17 1135.705882 128.1935864 31.09151160 890.0000000 1368.000000 1 24 1013.041667 82.4069853 16.82125544 854.0000000 1149.000000 Variances T DF Prob>|T| --------------------------------------- Unequal 3.4700 25.2 0.0019 Equal 3.7326 39.0 0.0006 For H0: Variances are equal, F' = 2.42 DF = (16,23) Prob>F' = 0.0521 The SAS System 8 00:25 Wednesday, July 14, 1999 TTEST PROCEDURE Variable: NCO NCR N Mean Std Dev Std Error Minimum Maximum ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 17 398.3529412 49.45571400 11.99477251 316.0000000 509.0000000 1 24 356.7916667 31.85016438 6.50138758 276.0000000 413.0000000 Variances T DF Prob>|T| --------------------------------------- Unequal 3.0463 25.3 0.0054 Equal 3.2760 39.0 0.0022 For H0: Variances are equal, F' = 2.41 DF = (16,23) Prob>F' = 0.0530