Categorical variable marking how the autocratic regime ends:

1. Regime still in power on December 31, 2010
2. Regime insiders change rules of regime
3. Incumbent loses elections
4. No incumbent runs in competitive election won by opponent
5. Popular uprising
6. Military coup
7. Insurgents, revolutionaries, or combatants fighting a civil war
8. Foreign imposition or invasion
9. A new autocratic leader is selected, changes rules, and remains in power
10. State ceases to exist, ends or government fails to control most of the country's territory