Getting Started

Accessing the data

There are two ways to access the datasets. You can download the raw data and code and compile the finished datasets on your own using Stata. Or you can download the precompiled datasets for immediate use.

Compiling the dataset on your own

You have two options for accessing the files necessary to compile the datset on your own: 1) Cloning the files from Github or 2) downloading them directly. Which one is best for you depends on your workflow. Cloning the Github repository allows you to receive future updates by using the git pull command.

Option 1 Using a terminal program, naviate to the folder you would like the files to be placed, and run the following bit of code.

git clone https://github.com/cbgoodman/localdebtlimits.git

This will copy the files to your computer.

Option 2 You can directly download the files in zipped format here.

Downloading precompiled datasets

You can directly download a zipped file of the most recent precompiled datasets here.