DDY data on cases

This dataset includes aggregated data on the number of infringement cases per department per member state per year (directed dyad-year data). There is one observation per department per member state per year (2002-2020), excluding directed dyad-years where the state was not a member of the EU. The dataset uses current department names.

cases_ddy

Format

A data frame with 9 variables:

key_id

Numeric. An ID number that uniquely identifies each observation in the dataset.

year

Numeric. The year the case was opened by the Commission.

department_id

Numeric. An ID number that uniquely identifies each Commission department.

department

String. The name of the Commission department that opened the infringement case.

department_code

String. A multi-letter code assigned by the Commission that uniquely identifies each department.

member_state_id

Numeric. An ID number that uniquely identifies each member state. This ID number is assigned when member states are sorted by accession date and then alphabetically.

member_state

String. The name of the member state that the Commission opened the case against.

member_state_code

String. A two letter code assigned by the Commission that uniquely identifies each member state.

count_cases

Numeric. A count of the number of cases opened by the Commission at this level of aggregation.