From: Rankings, accreditations, and international exchange students
Variable | Description / source |
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C | Dummy (=1 if the observation corresponds to a university which has been chosen by the student) / Based on SBE data |
accr | =1 if the institution has one accreditation, either AACSB or EQUIS; =2 if it has both; =0 otherwise / Based on AACSB data (received by email on request) and university websites |
thes | Position of the institution in the latest THESR (for every year, rank is set equal to 200 if the institution does not appear among the 200 top-ranked institutions) / Based on THES (2010) |
top200 | Dummy (=1 if the institution has been ranked in the top 200 in the latest THESR) |
avp | Available places at the institution in the relevant application session / Based on SBE data |
relrank | Relative position of the student in the IRO’s ranking / Based on SBE data |
graderequisite | Dummy (=1 if grade requisite of university j > GPA of university i, as predicted through an OLS regression) / Based on SBE data |
new | Dummy (=1 if the institution appears in the partner list for the first time) / Based on SBE data |
coast | Dummy (=1 if host city / town is located on the coast) / Based on National Geographic (2012) |
pop | Population of the host city / town in 2007 or nearest year / UNESCO (2007) for towns / cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants; World Gazetteer (2009) otherwise |
foundation | Year of foundation of the institution / Universities’ websites |
latitude | Latitude of the host city / town (absolute value) / Based on National Geographic (2012) |
students | Number of students at the institution in most recent year available / QS Ltd (2009); universities’ website when missing |
english | Dummy (=1 if the institution is located in an English-speaking region) |
spanish | Dummy (=1 if the institution is located in a Spanish-speaking region) |
french | Dummy (=1 if the institution is located in a French-speaking region) |
internetusers | Internet users per 100 people in the host country / World Bank (2012); Central Intelligence Agency (CIA 2009) for Taiwan |
pricelevel | Price level in the host country relative to the US / World Bank (2012); Taiwanese Council for Economic Planning and Development (TCEPD) (TCEPD 2009) for Taiwan |
gni | GNI per capita at PPP / World Bank (2012); Taiwanese Council for Economic Planning and Development (TCEPD) (TCEPD 2009) for Taiwan |
private | Host institution is private / university websites |
asiapacific | Dummy (=1 if the institution is located in Asia, excl. Turkey, or Oceania, excl. Australia and New Zealand) |
aus-nz-sa | Dummy (=1 if the institution is located in Australia, New Zealand or South Africa) |
centraleurope | Dummy (=1 if the institution is located in Central Europe – Austria, Belgium, Germany, France, Switzerland, excl. towns located on the Mediterranean coast) |
easterneurope | Dummy (=1 if the institution is located in Eastern Europe – Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland) |
latinamerica | Dummy (=1 if the institution is located in Latin America) |
mediterraneaneurope | Dummy (=1 if the institution is located in Mediterranean countries – France for towns located on the Mediterranean coast, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Turkey) |
northamerica | Dummy (=1 if the institution is located in Canada or US) |
northerneurope | Dummy (=1 if the institution is located in Northern Europe – Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden) |