Political factors

Indicator Name	Topic	Subcategory I	Subcategory II	Subcategory III	Technical name	Coding Scheme	Scale
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*)
Regulation of Chief Executive Recruitment		Regimes	Polity IV		regime_polity_xrreg	categorical: (1)unregulated (2)designational/transitional (3)regulated
Competitiveness of Executive Recruitment		Regimes	Polity IV		regime_polity_xrcomp	categorical: (1)selection (2)dual/transitional (3)election
Openness of Executive Recruitment		Regimes	Polity IV		regime_polity_xropen	categorical: (1)closed (2)dual-designation (3)dual-election (4)open
Executive Constraints (Decision Rules)		Regimes	Polity IV		regime_polity_xconst	categorical: (1)unlimited authority, through, (7)executive party/subordination
Regulation of Participation		Regimes	Polity IV		regime_polity_parreg	categorical: (1)unregulated, through, (5)regulated
The Competitiveness of Participation		Regimes	Polity IV		regime_polity_parcomp	categorical: (0)not applicable, (1)repressed, through, (5)competitive
Executive Recruitment Concept		Regimes	Polity IV		regime_polity_exrec	0 = suppressed / 10 = institutionalized electoral
Executive Constraints Concept		Regimes	Polity IV		regime_polity_exconst	identical to xconst
Political Competition Concept		Regimes	Polity IV		regime_polity_polcomp	10 types, see Addendum C in Polity IV manual
Electoral democracy index	Political factors	Regimes	V-Dem		polnat_sys_polyarchy_vdem		Metric
Liberal democracy index	Political factors	Regimes	V-Dem		polnat_sys_libdem_vdem		Metric