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Converts Freedom House's Freedom in the World data into standard country-year structure for time-series cross-sectional analysis.
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| # This script converts Freedom House's annual Freedom in the World data from | |
| # the ugly, table-like Excel format in which it's posted into a data frame in R. | |
| # It is set up to work on future updates, too, and should automatically adjust | |
| # as years or countries are added. | |
| # | |
| # Before running this script: | |
| # | |
| # 1. Open a browser & go to http://www.freedomhouse.org/report-types/freedom-world | |
| # | |
| # 2. Download the file "Country ratings and status, FIW 1973-2013(EXCEL)" |