This dataset includes network data for infringement cases. Network data is similar to directed dyad-year data except that it only includes directed dyad-years with at least one infringement case. For every year, there is one node per department and one node per member state. Edges can only exist between a department and a member state. There is an edge between a department and a member state if and only if the department opened at least one case against the member state during that year. The weight of the edge is the number of cases that the department opened against the member state. 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, but only if count of cases is positive.
cases_net
A data frame with 7 variables:
Numeric. An ID number that uniquely identifies each observation in the dataset.
Numeric. The time period, where 2002 is coded 1.
Numeric. An ID number that uniquely identifies each node in the network that creates a link, which is always a Commission department.
String. The name of the Commission department that opened the infringement case.
Numeric. An ID number that uniquely identifies each node in the network that receives a link, which is always a member state.
String. The name of the member state that the Commission opened the case against.
Numeric. The weight of the edge, which is the number of cases opened by the Commission.