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Table 1 Financial Depth and Public Credit Registries (PCR)

From: At what levels of financial development does information sharing matter?

 

Financial Depth

 

Contemporary

Non-Contemporary

 

OLS

Q.10

Q.25

Q.50

Q.75

Q.90

OLS

Q.10

Q.25

Q.50

Q.75

Q.90

 

Panel A: Overall Economic Depth (Money Supply)

Constant

38.302***

19.220***

22.628***

21.499***

37.550***

75.910***

38.659***

19.908***

20.312***

20.804***

40.514***

72.342***

 

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.003)

PCR

1.188**

−0.945***

0.303

1.137***

2.119***

3.145**

1.362**

−0.014

1.398***

1.373***

1.845***

2.696

 

(0.032)

(0.000)

(0.159)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.029)

(0.014)

(0.959)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.194)

PCR × PCR

0.003

0.052***

0.024***

0.004

−0.014

−0.047

0.0009

0.013**

0.002

0.011

−0.010

−0.040

 

(0.770)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.403)

(0.190)

(0.141)

(0.935)

(0.021)

(0.631)

(0.307)

(0.401)

(0.405)

GDP growth

−0.476*

−0.216

−0.610***

−0.684***

−0.527**

0.161

−0.392

−0.224

−0.432*

−0.542**

−0.620**

0.048

 

(0.056)

(0.374)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.037)

(0.806)

(0.158)

(0.457)

(0.053)

(0.029)

(0.011)

(0.961)

Inflation

−0.056***

0.012

−0.012

−0.025

−0.049*

−0.118

−0.079***

0.011

−0.010

−0.037*

−0.088***

−0.146

 

(0.002)

(0.390)

(0.380)

(0.191)

(0.051)

(0.135)

(0.008)

(0.698)

(0.603)

(0.070)

(0.000)

(0.219)

Public Invt.

0.222

0.030

0.366**

0.870***

1.139***

−0.254

0.172

−0.048

0.310

0.768***

1.019***

−0.226

 

(0.468)

(0.880)

(0.045)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.672)

(0.600)

(0.845)

(0.157)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.780)

Foreign Aid

−0.635***

−0.034

−0.100

−0.234***

−0.761***

−1.375

−0.653***

−0.087

−0.068

−0.243*

−0.743***

−1.314

 

(0.000)

(0.743)

(0.256)

(0.008)

(0.000)

(0.171)

(0.000)

(0.477)

(0.514)

(0.068)

(0.001)

(0.298)

Trade

−0.012

−0.038

−0.016

0.042*

−0.023

−0.115

−0.005

−0.037

−0.002

0.060*

−0.012

−0.054

 

(0.734)

(0.111)

(0.482)

(0.053)

(0.547)

(0.393)

(0.891)

(0.205)

(0.917)

(0.070)

(0.746)

(0.775)

Net Effects

na

−0.832

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

Thresholds

na

18.173

Synergy

na

na

na

na

1.076

na

na

na

na

Pseudo R2/R2

0.222

0.054

0.072

0.146

0.211

0.233

0.223

0.047

0.068

0.145

0.200

0.224

Fisher

27.88***

     

15.21***

     

Observations

295

295

295

295

295

295

259

259

259

259

259

259

 

Panel B: Financial System Depth (Liquid Liabilities)

Constant

32.242***

13.860***

14.292***

13.412***

37.863***

60.561***

32.423***

12.728***

13.787***

14.585***

37.179***

61.396***

 

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.001)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

PCR

0.738

−0.889***

−0.203

0.394

2.083***

2.283*

0.903

−0.758**

0.804***

0.236

1.811**

1.938*

 

(0.166)

(0.008)

(0.198)

(0.143)

(0.001)

(0.052)

(0.107)

(0.013)

(0.000)

(0.508)

(0.016)

(0.078)

PCR × PCR

0.013

0.050***

0.033***

0.018***

−0.016

−0.033

0.011

0.046***

0.014***

0.041***

−0.010

−0.029

 

(0.226)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.003)

(0.245)

(0.207)

(0.383)

(0.000)

(0.001)

(0.000)

(0.536)

(0.235)

GDP growth

−0.362

−0.192

−0.443***

−0.443**

−0.747**

−0.497

−0.305

−0.229

−0.343*

−0.374*

−0.355

−0.577

 

(0.139)

(0.518)

(0.000)

(0.014)

(0.022)

(0.352)

(0.260)

(0.486)

(0.059)

(0.085)

(0.302)

(0.282)

Inflation

−0.039**

0.023

0.002

−0.007

−0.059*

−0.124*

−0.055**

0.018

0.003

−0.025

−0.075**

−0.172**

 

(0.014)

(0.189)

(0.830)

(0.740)

(0.068)

(0.052)

(0.022)

(0.413)

(0.817)

(0.180)

(0.028)

(0.016)

Public Invt.

0.315

0.105

0.513***

0.999***

0.966***

0.358

0.300

0.013

0.321**

0.934***

0.880***

0.006

 

(0.278)

(0.662)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.001)

(0.461)

(0.350)

(0.959)

(0.046)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.989)

Foreign Aid

−0.690***

−0.223*

−0.065

−0.219**

−0.882***

−1.380*

−0.705***

−0.213*

−0.010

−0.281**

−0.776**

−1.254

 

(0.000)

(0.075)

(0.314)

(0.029)

(0.002)

(0.092)

(0.000)

(0.084)

(0.886)

(0.021)

(0.013)

(0.108)

Trade

−0.012

−0.031

0.003

0.054**

−0.025

0.010

−0.005

−0.004

0.0003

0.063**

−0.021

0.082

 

(0.710)

(0.271)

(0.850)

(0.031)

(0.617)

(0.924)

(0.880)

(0.888)

(0.985)

(0.034)

(0.720)

(0.449)

Net Effects

na

−0.781

na

na

na

na

na

−0.568

0.834

na

na

na

Thresholds

na

17.78

6.151

Synergy

na

na

na

16.478

Synergy

Synergy

na

na

Pseudo R2/R2

0.231

0.049

0.060

0.127

0.200

0.246

0.228

0.041

0.055

0.124

0.195

0.238

Fisher

20.46***

     

12.07***

     

Observations

295

295

295

295

295

295

259

259

259

259

259

259

  1. *,**,***: significance levels of 10, 5 and 1% respectively. GDPg GDP growth rate, Public Invt public investment, OLS ordinary least squares. R2 for OLS and Pseudo R2 for quantile regression. Lower quantiles (e.g., Q 0.1) signify nations where financial depth is least. na not applicable because corresponding estimates needed for computation are not significant. P values in parenthesis