
Purpose :Readme file explaining the datasets relating to the paper "DOLLAR ILLIQUIDITY AND CENTRAL BANK FACILITIES DURING THE US SUB-PRIME CRISIS (Rose & Spiegel)


There are four stata datasets in total:
1) google_index.dta, includes the google default index data (the index consists of volumes of hits for countries named and 
one or more of the following words: crisis, financial, freeze, recession)
2) google_single_reg.dta, includes google default index data (the index consists of volumes of hits for countries named and 
the single listed word)
3) master.dta, includes all data not included elsewhere
4) master_euro.dta, same as master.dta but all the euro area countries have been collapsed into one observation



google_index.dta is used in creating data for:
table 3

google_single_reg.dta is used in creating data for:
table A3

master.dta is used in creating data for:
table 4
table 5
table 6
table 7A
table 7B
table 8
table 9
table A1
table A2
table A4
table A5
table A6
table A7
table A9
table A10
table A12
table A13
table A14
table A15
table A16

master_euro.dta is used in creating data for: 
table A8
table A11


