View source for The Political Constraint Index (POLCON), University of Pennsylvania

= Summary =
The POLCON measure, developed by Vice Dean and Faculty Director of the ESG Initiative Witold Henisz, is a quantitative measure of institutional constraints that uses a spatial model of political interaction and measures the feasibility of a change in policy given the structure of a nation’s political institutions.

= Tables In IFs =
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Variable
!Definition
!Last IFs Update
!UsedInPreprocessor
|-
|GovPolConstraintsMain
|Measure of the amount of constraints on a leader through vetoes
|4/2/2010
|0
|-
|GovPolConstraintsPlus
|Measure of the amount of constraints on a leader through vetoes (also vetoes from the judiciary and sub-federal actors)
|4/2/2010
|0
|}

= Data Pulling Instructions =

#Navigate to https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/faculty/heniszpolcon/polcondataset/
#Click the most recent excel file (right now it is 2022 Data Release Excel file) 

= Data Notes =