Share of subnational revenues in total public revenues (%)
Share of subnational expenditures in total public expenditures (%)
Fractionalization of government parties
Fractionalization of parliament
Fractionalization of opposition parties
Age of the main parties (in thousands)
1 if municipal executive is directly elected, 0 otherwise
1 if state executive is directly elected, 0 otherwise
1 in case of proportional representation, 0 otherwise
1 if there are autonomous regions, 0 otherwise
1 if  states have authority over taxing, spending, or legislating , 0 otherwise
1 - presidential system, 0 - parliamentay system
Control of Corruption
Control of Corruption Standard Error
Government Effectiveness
Government Effectiveness Standard Error
Regulatory Quality
Regulatory Quality Standard Error
Rule of Law
Rule of Law Standard Error
Transparency International index of corruption
Transparency International index of corruption standard deviation
Immunization agains diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus(% of ch. under 12 months)
number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1000 live births
percentage of people aged 15 and above who cannot read and write
# of pupils enrolled in primary school divided by # of primary school teachers
Freedom House index
Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP)
GDP per capita based on purchasing power parity (PPP)
facto definition of population
Total import (% of GDP)
Total export (% of GDP)
Total area (sq. km)
expected # of children born to a woman
current level of democracy
democratic traditions over past 50 years
ethnolinguistic fractionalization for the year 1985 (scaled from 0 to 1)
percentage of the protestant population in 1980
The absolute latitude of the country  (scaled from 0 to 1)
1 if country has English legal origin
1 if country has French legal origin
1 if country has German legal origin
1 if country has Socialist legal origin
1 if country has Scandinavian legal origin
1 if according to Constitution country if a federation
1 if Middle Eastern country
1 if Asian country
1 if African country
1 if Latin American country
1 if Eastern Europe country or member of the former USSR
1 if belongs to Development Assistance Committee of OECD or Iceland
Aid per capita (current US$)
Years since the beginning of the last democratic regime
Years since independence
Hetergeneity in voting across regions