Network data on decisions (by case type)

This dataset includes multi-dimensional network data for infringement decisions. There is one dimension per case type and per decision type. Network data is similar to directed dyad-year data except that it only includes directed dyad-years with at least one decision. 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 case type and decision type 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 case type per decision type (1988-2020), excluding directed dyad-years where the state was not a member of the EU, but only if the count of decisions is positive.

decisions_net_ct

Format

A data frame with 13 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 Directorate-General (DG) of the Commission. There are three DGs that can open state aid cases. The DG for Competition (COMP) is coded 1, the DG for Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) is coded 2, and the DG for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (MARE) is coded 3.

department

String. The name of the Directorate-General (DG) of the Commission that opened the state aid case.

department_code

String. A multi-letter code assigned by the Commission that uniquely identifies each Directorate-General (DG) of the Commission.

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.

case_type_id

Numeric. An ID number that uniquely identifies each type of state aid cases. Coded 1 for cases that involve state aid measures granted through Commission-approved schemes that is not notifiable, coded 2 for cases that involve state aid measures granted through Commission-approved schemes where the Commission has required that the member state notify any aid granted through the scheme, and coded 3 for cases that involve ad hoc state aid measures that are not granted through a scheme.

case_type

String. The type of the state aid case. There are three types of cases. Coded Scheme for cases that involve state aid measures granted through Commission-approved schemes that is not notifiable, coded Individual application for cases that involve state aid measures granted through Commission-approved schemes where the Commission has required that the member state notify any aid granted through the scheme, and coded Ad hoc for cases that involve ad hoc state aid measures that are not granted through a scheme.

decision_type_id

Numeric. An ID number that uniquely identifies each type of decision the Commission can make in a state aid case.

decision_type

String. The type of the decision.

count_decisions

Numeric. A count of the number of decisions issued by the Commission at this level of aggregation.