Variable;Description "Gross state product (GRP)";"Real GRP in millions 2009 chained USD. Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Product Division." "Consolidated state expenditure";"Thousand USD. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Surveys of State and Local Government Finances." "Federal transfers to state and local governments";"Thousand USD. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Surveys of State and Local Government Finances." "Municipal expenditures";"Thousand USD. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Surveys of State and Local Government Finances." Population;"Number of state residents. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division." Area;"Area of the state in square miles. Source: U.S. Census Bureau (https://www.census.gov/prod/2010pubs/10smadb/atables.pdf)" "Gini coefficient";"Gini coefficients from Frank–Sommeiller–Price Series. Source: http://www.shsu.edu/eco_mwf/inequality.html" "Share of urban population";"Shares of urban population in 2000 and 2010 are from the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. For the other years, shares are estimated assuming constant annual rate of change." "Share of White population";"Share of non-Hispanic Whites. Source: Calculated by authors from Intercensal Population Estimates; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division." "Index of homogeneity for non-Hispanic Whites";"Calculated as (S – 0.5)2, where S is the share of non-Hispanic White population. Source: Authors’ calculations from Intercensal Population Estimates; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division." "Per capita output of mining";"Ratio of the mining component of gross state product in chained 2009 USD and population. Source: Calculated by authors based on data from Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Product Division and population data (see above)" "Share of social transfers in personal income";"Ratio of public welfare payments and total personal income. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Surveys of State and Local Government Finances and Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Income Division." "Individualistic political nature";"A dummy variable denoting whether the state has an individualistic political culture as determined by Daniel Elazar, who defined political culture as “the particular pattern of orientation to political action in which each political system is embedded” (Elazar, 1966, p. 78). One characteristic of this political culture is the emphasis on limiting community/government intervention in private activities. Source: Elazar (1966)."