This dataset includes multi-dimensional network data for infringement decisions. There is one dimension per decision stage. Network data is similar to directed dyad-year data except that it only includes directed dyad-years with at least one decision with respect to each stage. 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 with respect to each stage if and only if the department issued at least one decision against the member state during that year. The weight of the edge is the number of decisions that the department opened against the member state. There is one observation per department per member state per year per decision stage (2002-2020), excluding directed dyad-years where the state was not a member of the EU, but only if count of decisions is positive.
decisions_net
A data frame with 9 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 layer of the network.
String. The layer of the network, which is the decision stage.
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 issued the decision against.
Numeric. The weight of the edge, which is the number of decisions opened by the Commission.