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Article Title: “International R&D spillovers and institutions, by Coe, Helpman and Hoffmaister”
File size: 195KB spreadsheet and 79KB ASCII file.
The data for the published version is contained in the spreadsheet file DATA_CHH_2009.xls and in the ASCII file DATA_CHH_2009.txt
These files contain the level data for the 1971-2004 period.
The ASCII file “stacks” the country data; variables are stored in columns with 816 rows (34 years for 24 countries)
The mnemonics and the order of the countries are provided below
Sources and definitions noted in the appendix of the published paper.


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-----------------------------Mnemonics-------------------------


Column:  l/Series

A country country number
B year year (1971-2004)
C f Total factor productivity
D sd Total domestic R&D capital stock 
E sf_biw Foreign R&D capital stock calculated using bilateral import weights 
F sf_lp Foreign R&D capital stock calculated using definition proposed by Litchtenberg and van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie (1998) bilateral import weights 
G sf_avg Foreign R&D capital stock calculated using simple average 
H m Imports as a percentage of GDP
I h Years of schooling
J pp Patent Protection 
K dum_g7 Dummy variable, 1 for G7 
L dum_leg_fr Dummy variable, 1 for French legal origin 
M dum_leg_ger Dummy variable, 1 for German legal origin 
N dum_leg_sc Dummy variable, 1 for Scandinavian legal origin
O dum_bus_hi Dummy variable, 1 for high ranking ease of doing business
P dum_bus_lo Dummy variable, 1 for low ranking ease of doing business
Q dum_educ_hi Dummy variable, 1 for high ranking quality of tertiary education
R dum_educ_lo Dummy variable, 1 for low ranking quality of tertiary education

l/The column letter refers to column in the spreadsheet. In the ASCII file columns indicated by spaces (tab) between the data.


----------------------Country Order ---------------------------
1 Australia
2 Austria
3 Belgium
4 Canada
5 Denmark
6 Finland
7 France
8 Germany
9 Greece
10 Iceland
11 Ireland
12 Israel
13 Italy
14 Japan
15 Korea
16 Netherlands
17 New Zealand
18 Norway
19 Portugal
20 Spain
21 Sweden
22 Switzerland
23 UK
24 US