Political factors

Indicator name	Subcategory I	Subcategory II	Subcategory III	Technical name	Scale	Short description
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	Regimes	V-Dem		polnat_sys_polyarchy_vdem	Metric	Aggregated high level democracy index, electoral dimension (V-Dem)
Liberal democracy index	Regimes	V-Dem		polnat_sys_libdem_vdem	Metric	Aggregated high level democracy index, liberal dimension (V-Dem)
Participatory democracy index	Regimes	V-Dem		polnat_sys_partipdem_vdem	Metric	Aggregated high level democracy index, participatory dimension (V-Dem)
Deliberative democracy index	Regimes	V-Dem		polnat_sys_delibdem_vdem	Metric	Aggregated high level democracy index, deliberative dimension (V-Dem)