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There are several tab pages (see above) which detail my teaching, C.V., research and publications. This website is also a great source on regional-level data and this is most likely the reason why you visit this website.
A measurement on the power of regions (the Regional Authority Index) can be found on the regional authority data page. The measurement is applied to the regions in 42 countries for the period 1950-2011 and we provide country and region scores. The page provides a link to our book (The Rise of Regional Authority, 2010, Routledge), you can download regional and country scores and you may find links to other decentralization measures and fiscal decentralization indices as well.
A multilevel policy provision dataset and an expert survey on the externalities and scale effects of policies are provided on the multilevel policy provision data page. This data might be interesting for scholars who want to know in detail which government tier (national, regional or local) is responsible for the provision of a particular policy. The expert survey provides information on which government tiers should provide a policy according to the judgment of experts in the field of (fiscal) federalism, public administration, and political economy. The data is available for 39 countries and 34 policies.
Regional election can be found on the regional elections data page. On this page you find national election data disaggregated at the regional level as well as regional election results. Data is currently available for about 18 out of 43 countries for 1945-2009 but more countries are gradually added.
On the comparative datasets page you will find comparative electoral datasets which provide congruence scores (i.e how different are regional electoral results from national election results?), nationalization scores at the level of party systems, regions and parties (how does the vote vary across the territory?), and vote share swings between regional and the previous national election (does a party lose or win votes?).
If you are interested in user-friendly regional election data you may find the ‘Regional and National Elections in Western Europe’ page very useful. This page is devoted to a book I co-edit with Regis Dandoy. On this page you may find country excel files for 13 West European countries which present pre-formatted figures and tables on congruence between national and regional elections, congruence between national and regional governments, turnout in national and regional elections, vote share swings between national and regional elections, and regionalist party strength in national and regional elections.
Data on regionalist parties are available on the regionalist parties data page. On this page you may find the electoral strength of regionalist parties in regional and national elections. In addition, we have scored these parties according to their ideology on the self-rule dimension (i.e. does a party demand decentralization or independence?).
If you have questions or comments, do not hesitate to contact me.