Political factors

Indicator Name	Subcategory I	Subcategory II	Technical name	Coding Scheme
Institutionalized Democracy	Regimes	Polity IV	regime_polity_democ	0 = least / 10 = most democratic
Institutionalized Autocracy	Regimes	Polity IV	regime_polity_autoc	0 = least / 10 = most autocratic
Combined Polity Score	Regimes	Polity IV	regime_polity_polity	-10 = strongly autocratic / 10 = strongly democratic
Combined Polity Score (Revised p4)	Regimes	Polity IV	regime_polity_polity2	-10 = strongly autocratic / 10 = strongly democratic
Regime Durability	Regimes	Polity IV	regime_polity_durable	count (# of years since regime score change > 2 points)
Number of Years Polity Has Persisted	Regimes	Polity IV	regime_polity_persist	count (# of years since any regime score change*)

Sources for above codes:

Polity IV variables[1]

\*ignore"Persist" only available in p4d, needs to be hand coded or imported separately

*Nate is still working on this, the edits will come soon but this text is here as a placeholder for now, please do not delete.

3. Authority Characteristics (Component and Concept Variables)........................... 18 STANDARDIZED AUTHORITY CODES (!66, !77, !88).................................... 19 Interruption Periods (!66) Interregnum Periods (!77) Transition Periods (!88) COMPONENT VARIABLES ................................................................................. 20 Executive Recruitment.............................................................................. 20 3.1 XRREG Regulation of Chief Executive Recruitment 3.2 XRCOMP Competitiveness of Executive Recruitment 3.3 XROPEN Openness of Executive Recruitment The Independence of Executive Authority................................................ 23 3.4 XCONST Executive Constraints (Decision Rules) Political Competition and Opposition........................................................ 25 3.5 PARREG Regulation of Participation 3.6 PARCOMP The Competitiveness of Participation CONCEPT VARIABLES ....................................................................................... 28 3.7 EXREC Executive Recruitment Concept 3.8 EXCONST Executive Constraints Concept 3.9 POLCOMP Political Competition Concept 4. Polity Regime Transitions.......................................................................................... 29 4.1 PRIOR Prior Polity Code (p4) 4.2 EMONTH Polity End Month 4.3 EDAY Polity End Day 4.4 EYEAR Polity End Year 4.5 EPREC End Date Precision 4.6 INTERIM Interim Polity Code (p4) 4.7 BMONTH Polity Begin Month 4.8 BDAY Polity Begin Day 4.9 BYEAR Polity Begin Year 4.10 BPREC Begin Date Precision 4.11 POST Post Polity Code (p4) 4.12 CHANGE Total change in POLITY value (p4) 4.13 D4 Regime Transition Completed (p4) 4.14 SF State Failure (p4) 4.15 REGTRANS Regime Transition (p4)