Abuse of defamation and copyright law by elites 
                                        
                                        Academic Freedom Index 
                                        
                                        Academics as critics 
                                        
                                        Access to justice 
                                        
                                        Access to justice for men 
                                        
                                        Access to justice for women 
                                        
                                        Access to public services distributed by gender 
                                        
                                        Access to public services distributed by political group 
                                        
                                        Access to public services distributed by social group 
                                        
                                        Access to public services distributed by socio-economic position  
                                        
                                        Access to public services distributed by urban-rural location 
                                        
                                        Access to state business opportunities by gender   
                                        
                                        Access to state business opportunities by political group 
                                        
                                        Access to state business opportunities by social group   
                                        
                                        Access to state business opportunities by socio-economic position  
                                        
                                        Access to state business opportunities by urban-rural location 
                                        
                                        Access to state jobs by gender   
                                        
                                        Access to state jobs by political group   
                                        
                                        Access to state jobs by social group  
                                        
                                        Access to state jobs by socio-economic position  
                                        
                                        Access to state jobs by urban-rural location   
                                        
                                        Accountability index 
                                        
                                        Additive polyarchy index 
                                        
                                        Alternative source information index 
                                        
                                        Armed conflict, internal 
                                        
                                        Armed conflict, international 
                                        
                                        Arrests for political content 
                                        
                                        Average people’s use of social media to organize offline action 
                                        
                                        Barriers to parties 
                                        
                                        Bureaucratic remuneration  
                                        
                                        CSO anti-system movements 
                                        
                                        CSO consultation 
                                        
                                        CSO entry and exit 
                                        
                                        CSO participatory environment 
                                        
                                        CSO repression 
                                        
                                        CSO womens participation 
                                        
                                        Campus integrity 
                                        
                                        Candidate selection--National/local 
                                        
                                        Chief executive no longer elected 
                                        
                                        Child mortality rate 
                                        
                                        Citizen-initiated component of direct popular vote index 
                                        
                                        Civil liberties index 
                                        
                                        Civil society participation index 
                                        
                                        Civil war 
                                        
                                        Clean elections index 
                                        
                                        Clientelism Index 
                                        
                                        Common good 
                                        
                                        Compliance with high court 
                                        
                                        Compliance with judiciary 
                                        
                                        Confidence dimension index 
                                        
                                        Constitutional Protection for Academic Freedom 
                                        
                                        Constitutional changes popular vote 
                                        
                                        Control of corruption --- estimate 
                                        
                                        Core Civil Society Index 
                                        
                                        Corruption perception index 
                                        
                                        Coups (Przeworski et al.) 
                                        
                                        Court packing 
                                        
                                        Criteria for appointment decisions in the armed forces 
                                        
                                        Criteria for appointment decisions in the state administration 
                                        
                                        Defamation protection 
                                        
                                        Deliberative Component Index 
                                        
                                        Deliberative Democracy Index 
                                        
                                        Democracy 
                                        
                                        Democracy (BMR) 
                                        
                                        Democratic breakdown (Bernhard et al.) 
                                        
                                        Democratic breakdowns (Boix et al.) 
                                        
                                        Democratic transition 
                                        
                                        Diagonal accountability index 
                                        
                                        Direct Popular Vote Index 
                                        
                                        Direct election dimension index 
                                        
                                        Disclosure of campaign donations 
                                        
                                        Distinct party platforms 
                                        
                                        Divided party control index 
                                        
                                        Division of power index 
                                        
                                        Domestic Autonomy 
                                        
                                        EMB autonomy 
                                        
                                        EMB capacity 
                                        
                                        Education 15+ 
                                        
                                        Educational equality 
                                        
                                        Educational inequality, Gini 
                                        
                                        Egalitarian Component Index 
                                        
                                        Egalitarian Democracy Index 
                                        
                                        Elected officials index 
                                        
                                        Election VAP turnout 
                                        
                                        Election assume office 
                                        
                                        Election boycotts 
                                        
                                        Election free and fair 
                                        
                                        Election free campaign media 
                                        
                                        Election government intimidation 
                                        
                                        Election losers accept results 
                                        
                                        Election other electoral violence 
                                        
                                        Election other voting irregularities 
                                        
                                        Election paid campaign advertisements 
                                        
                                        Election paid interest group media 
                                        
                                        Election turnout 
                                        
                                        Election vote buying 
                                        
                                        Election voter registry 
                                        
                                        Elections multiparty 
                                        
                                        Electoral Component Index 
                                        
                                        Electoral Democracy Index 
                                        
                                        Electoral Regime Index 
                                        
                                        Elites’ use of social media to organize offline action 
                                        
                                        Engaged society 
                                        
                                        Engagement in independent non-political associations 
                                        
                                        Engagement in independent political associations 
                                        
                                        Engagement in independent trade unions 
                                        
                                        Engagement in state-administered mass organizations 
                                        
                                        Equal access index 
                                        
                                        Equal distribution of resources index 
                                        
                                        Equal protection index 
                                        
                                        Equality before the law and individual liberty index 
                                        
                                        Exclusion by Gender 
                                        
                                        Exclusion by Political Group 
                                        
                                        Exclusion by Social Group 
                                        
                                        Exclusion by Socio-Economic Group 
                                        
                                        Exclusion by Urban-Rural Location 
                                        
                                        Executive bribery and corrupt exchanges 
                                        
                                        Executive corruption index 
                                        
                                        Executive electoral regime index  
                                        
                                        Executive embezzlement and theft 
                                        
                                        Executive oversight 
                                        
                                        Executive respects constitution 
                                        
                                        Exports 
                                        
                                        Fertility rate 
                                        
                                        Foreign governments ads 
                                        
                                        Foreign governments dissemination of false information 
                                        
                                        Freedom House: Civil Liberties 
                                        
                                        Freedom House: Political Rights 
                                        
                                        Freedom House: Rule of Law 
                                        
                                        Freedom House: Status 
                                        
                                        Freedom from forced labor 
                                        
                                        Freedom from forced labor for men 
                                        
                                        Freedom from forced labor for women 
                                        
                                        Freedom from political killings 
                                        
                                        Freedom from torture 
                                        
                                        Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index 
                                        
                                        Freedom of academic and cultural expression 
                                        
                                        Freedom of academic exchange and dissemination 
                                        
                                        Freedom of association index (thick) 
                                        
                                        Freedom of discussion 
                                        
                                        Freedom of discussion for men 
                                        
                                        Freedom of discussion for women 
                                        
                                        Freedom of domestic movement 
                                        
                                        Freedom of domestic movement for men 
                                        
                                        Freedom of domestic movement for women 
                                        
                                        Freedom of expression index 
                                        
                                        Freedom of foreign movement 
                                        
                                        Freedom of peaceful assembly 
                                        
                                        Freedom of religion 
                                        
                                        Freedom to research and teach 
                                        
                                        GDP 
                                        
                                        GDP per capita 
                                        
                                        Gender equality in respect for civil liberties 
                                        
                                        Government Coalition Democracy Index 
                                        
                                        Government Coalition Left-Right Index 
                                        
                                        Government Coalition Party-System Exclusion Index 
                                        
                                        Government Coalition Religion Index 
                                        
                                        Government Internet filtering capacity 
                                        
                                        Government Internet filtering in practice 
                                        
                                        Government Internet shut down capacity 
                                        
                                        Government Internet shut down in practice 
                                        
                                        Government attacks on judiciary 
                                        
                                        Government capacity to regulate online content 
                                        
                                        Government censorship effort - Media 
                                        
                                        Government cyber security capacity 
                                        
                                        Government dissemination of false information abroad 
                                        
                                        Government dissemination of false information domestic 
                                        
                                        Government effectiveness 
                                        
                                        Government online content regulation approach 
                                        
                                        Government social media alternatives 
                                        
                                        Government social media censorship in practice 
                                        
                                        Government social media monitoring 
                                        
                                        Government social media shut down in practice 
                                        
                                        HOG appointment in practice 
                                        
                                        HOG appoints cabinet in practice 
                                        
                                        HOG dismisses ministers in practice 
                                        
                                        HOG dissolution in practice 
                                        
                                        HOG proposes legislation in practice 
                                        
                                        HOG removal by legislature in practice 
                                        
                                        HOG selection by legislature in practice 
                                        
                                        HOG veto power in practice 
                                        
                                        HOS = HOG? 
                                        
                                        HOS appointed by legislature 
                                        
                                        HOS appointment in practice 
                                        
                                        HOS appoints cabinet in practice 
                                        
                                        HOS dismisses ministers in practice 
                                        
                                        HOS dissolution in practice 
                                        
                                        HOS proposes legislation in practice 
                                        
                                        HOS removal by legislature in practice 
                                        
                                        HOS veto power in practice 
                                        
                                        Harassment of journalists 
                                        
                                        Health equality 
                                        
                                        Hereditary dimension index 
                                        
                                        High court independence 
                                        
                                        Horizontal accountability index 
                                        
                                        Ideology 
                                        
                                        Imports 
                                        
                                        Inflation 
                                        
                                        Initiatives administrative threshold 
                                        
                                        Initiatives approval threshold 
                                        
                                        Initiatives participation threshold 
                                        
                                        Initiatives permitted 
                                        
                                        Initiatives signature-gathering period 
                                        
                                        Initiatives signature-gathering time limit 
                                        
                                        Initiatives signatures % 
                                        
                                        Initiatives super majority 
                                        
                                        Institutional autonomy  
                                        
                                        Institutionalized autocracy 
                                        
                                        Institutionalized democracy 
                                        
                                        International autonomy 
                                        
                                        International legal commitment to academic freedom 
                                        
                                        Internet censorship effort 
                                        
                                        Internet legal regulation content 
                                        
                                        Judicial accountability 
                                        
                                        Judicial constraints on the executive index 
                                        
                                        Judicial corruption decision 
                                        
                                        Judicial purges 
                                        
                                        Judicial reform 
                                        
                                        Land area 
                                        
                                        Legislative constraints on the executive index 
                                        
                                        Legislative electoral regime index 
                                        
                                        Legislative or constituent assembly election 
                                        
                                        Legislative or constituent assembly election aborted  
                                        
                                        Legislative party cohesion 
                                        
                                        Legislature bicameral 
                                        
                                        Legislature closed down or aborted 
                                        
                                        Legislature controls resources 
                                        
                                        Legislature corrupt activities 
                                        
                                        Legislature dominant chamber 
                                        
                                        Legislature investigates in practice 
                                        
                                        Legislature opposition parties 
                                        
                                        Legislature questions officials in practice 
                                        
                                        Lexical index 
                                        
                                        Liberal Component Index 
                                        
                                        Liberal Democracy Index 
                                        
                                        Life expectancy 
                                        
                                        Life expectancy, female 
                                        
                                        Local government elected 
                                        
                                        Local government exists 
                                        
                                        Local government index 
                                        
                                        Local offices relative power 
                                        
                                        Lower chamber committees 
                                        
                                        Lower chamber elected 
                                        
                                        Lower chamber election seat share won by largest party 
                                        
                                        Lower chamber election seat share won by second largest party 
                                        
                                        Lower chamber female legislators 
                                        
                                        Lower chamber legislates in practice 
                                        
                                        Lower court independence 
                                        
                                        Mass mobilization  
                                        
                                        Mass mobilization concentration 
                                        
                                        Maternal mortality rate 
                                        
                                        Means-tested vs. universalistic 
                                        
                                        Media bias 
                                        
                                        Media corrupt 
                                        
                                        Media self-censorship 
                                        
                                        Military dimension index 
                                        
                                        Minimum voting age 
                                        
                                        Mobilization for autocracy 
                                        
                                        Mobilization for democracy 
                                        
                                        Most powerful group in affecting regime duration and change  
                                        
                                        Multiplicative polyarchy index 
                                        
                                        National party control 
                                        
                                        Neopatrimonial Rule Index 
                                        
                                        Number of successful coup attempts (Powell and Thyne) 
                                        
                                        Obligatory referendum administrative threshold 
                                        
                                        Obligatory referendum approval threshold 
                                        
                                        Obligatory referendum credible threat 
                                        
                                        Obligatory referendum index  
                                        
                                        Obligatory referendum participation threshold 
                                        
                                        Obligatory referendum super majority 
                                        
                                        Occurrence of citizen-initiative this year 
                                        
                                        Occurrence of obligatory referendum this year 
                                        
                                        Occurrence of plebiscite this year 
                                        
                                        Occurrence of referendum this year 
                                        
                                        Omitted data 
                                        
                                        Online media existence 
                                        
                                        Online media fractionalization 
                                        
                                        Online media perspectives 
                                        
                                        Opposition Parties' Democracy Index 
                                        
                                        Opposition Parties' Left-Right Index 
                                        
                                        Opposition Parties' Party-System Exclusion Index 
                                        
                                        Opposition Parties' Religion Index 
                                        
                                        Opposition parties autonomy 
                                        
                                        Participatory Component Index 
                                        
                                        Participatory Democracy Index 
                                        
                                        Particularistic or public goods 
                                        
                                        Parties in legislature 
                                        
                                        Party Ban 
                                        
                                        Party Branches 
                                        
                                        Party competition across regions 
                                        
                                        Party dissemination of false information abroad 
                                        
                                        Party dissemination of false information domestic 
                                        
                                        Party institutionalization index 
                                        
                                        Party linkages 
                                        
                                        Party organizations 
                                        
                                        Party-System Democracy Index 
                                        
                                        Party-System Exclusion Index 
                                        
                                        Party-System Left-Right Index 
                                        
                                        Party-System Religion Index 
                                        
                                        Party/candidate use of social media in campaigns 
                                        
                                        Percent (%) Female Journalists 
                                        
                                        Performance legitimation  
                                        
                                        Person of the leader 
                                        
                                        Petroleum production per capita 
                                        
                                        Petroleum, coal, and natural gas production per capita 
                                        
                                        Petroleum, coal, natural gas, and metals production per capita 
                                        
                                        Physical violence index 
                                        
                                        Plebiscite administrative threshold 
                                        
                                        Plebiscite approval threshold 
                                        
                                        Plebiscite credilbe threat 
                                        
                                        Plebiscite participation threshold 
                                        
                                        Plebiscite permitted 
                                        
                                        Plebiscite super majority 
                                        
                                        Polarization of society 
                                        
                                        Political competition 
                                        
                                        Political corruption 
                                        
                                        Political group equality in respect for civil liberties 
                                        
                                        Political liberties index 
                                        
                                        Political parties cyber security capacity 
                                        
                                        Political parties hate speech 
                                        
                                        Political polarization 
                                        
                                        Political stability --- estimate 
                                        
                                        Political violence 
                                        
                                        Polity combined score 
                                        
                                        Polity revised combined score 
                                        
                                        Popular initiative credible threat 
                                        
                                        Popular initiative index  
                                        
                                        Popular referendum index  
                                        
                                        Population (Fariss et al.) 
                                        
                                        Population (World Bank, 1960s-onward) 
                                        
                                        Population size (full-time series, in millions) 
                                        
                                        Population total (Clio Infra, in thousands) 
                                        
                                        Power distributed by gender 
                                        
                                        Power distributed by sexual orientation 
                                        
                                        Power distributed by social group 
                                        
                                        Power distributed by socioeconomic position 
                                        
                                        Power distributed by urban-rural location 
                                        
                                        Presidential election 
                                        
                                        Presidential election aborted  
                                        
                                        Presidentialism Index 
                                        
                                        Primary school enrollment 
                                        
                                        Print/broadcast media critical 
                                        
                                        Print/broadcast media perspectives 
                                        
                                        Privacy protection by law content 
                                        
                                        Private liberties index 
                                        
                                        Property rights 
                                        
                                        Property rights for men 
                                        
                                        Property rights for women 
                                        
                                        Public campaign finance 
                                        
                                        Public sector corrupt exchanges 
                                        
                                        Public sector corruption index 
                                        
                                        Public sector theft 
                                        
                                        Radios 
                                        
                                        Range of consultation 
                                        
                                        Rational-legal legitimation 
                                        
                                        Reasoned justification 
                                        
                                        Referendums administrative threshold 
                                        
                                        Referendums approval threshold 
                                        
                                        Referendums participation threshold 
                                        
                                        Referendums permitted 
                                        
                                        Referendums signature-gathering period 
                                        
                                        Referendums signatures % 
                                        
                                        Referendums super majority 
                                        
                                        Regime corruption 
                                        
                                        Regime most important opposition group  
                                        
                                        Regime opposition groups size 
                                        
                                        Regime opposition location 
                                        
                                        Regime support location  
                                        
                                        Regimes of the world - the RoW Measure 
                                        
                                        Regimes of the world -- the RoW measure with categories for ambiguous cases 
                                        
                                        Region (geographic) 
                                        
                                        Region (politico-geographic  6-category) 
                                        
                                        Region (politico-geographic  7-category) 
                                        
                                        Region (politico-geographic) 
                                        
                                        Regional government elected 
                                        
                                        Regional government exists 
                                        
                                        Regional government index 
                                        
                                        Regional offices relative power 
                                        
                                        Regulatory quality --- estimate 
                                        
                                        Relative power of the HOS 
                                        
                                        Religious organization consultation 
                                        
                                        Religious organization repression 
                                        
                                        Representation of disadvantaged social groups 
                                        
                                        Respect counterarguments 
                                        
                                        Rigorous and impartial public administration 
                                        
                                        Rule of law --- estimate 
                                        
                                        Rule of law index 
                                        
                                        Ruling party dimension index 
                                        
                                        Secondary school enrollment 
                                        
                                        Secondary tertiary enrollment 
                                        
                                        Share of population with suffrage 
                                        
                                        Social class equality in respect for civil liberty 
                                        
                                        Social group equality in respect for civil liberties 
                                        
                                        State fiscal source of revenue 
                                        
                                        State ownership of economy 
                                        
                                        Strongest anti-regime preferences  
                                        
                                        Strongest pro-regime preferences 
                                        
                                        Subnational civil liberties unevenness 
                                        
                                        Subnational election unevenness 
                                        
                                        Subnational elections free and fair 
                                        
                                        Subnational party control 
                                        
                                        Suffrage  
                                        
                                        Top-Down component of direct popular vote index  
                                        
                                        Transparent laws with predictable enforcement 
                                        
                                        Unified democracy score posterior (median) 
                                        
                                        Upper chamber elected 
                                        
                                        Upper chamber legislates in practice 
                                        
                                        Urban population 
                                        
                                        Urban-rural location equality in respect for civil liberties 
                                        
                                        Urbanization 
                                        
                                        Use of social media to organize offline violence 
                                        
                                        Vertical accountability index 
                                        
                                        Voice and accountability --- estimate 
                                        
                                        Weaker civil liberties pop % 
                                        
                                        Women civil liberties index 
                                        
                                        Women civil society participation index 
                                        
                                        Women political empowerment index 
                                        
                                        Women political participation index