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Table 1 Estimation Results for Developing Countries

From: Institutions and FDI: evidence from developed and developing countries

Variables

Low Income Countries

Lower Middle income Countries

FEM

GMM

FEM

GMM

lnFDI(t-1)

 

0.471a (0.000)

 

0.596a (0.000)

Trade

0.005 (0.927)

0.037b (0.020)

0.074a (0.000)

0.021a (0.000)

lnMobile

0.306 (0.285)

0.384c (0.060)

0.078 (0.449)

0.096c (0.101)

LnGDP per capita

10.776 (0.191)

15.527b (0.023)

0.841b (0.047)

8.603b (0.048)

Inflation

−0.0002 (0.087)

− 0.003 (0.977)

− 0.017 (0.343)

−0.008 (0.567)

Agriculture value added

0.466b (0.011)

0.043 (0.248)

0.101b (0.031)

0.009a (0.001)

Institutional Index

0.354b (0.816)

2.027b (0.022)

0.471b (0.339)

2.580b (0.021)

Constant

45.263b (0.039)

17.879b (0.044)

6.254b (0.048)

7.658b (0.018)

AR(1)

 

0.000

 

0.000

AR(2)

 

0.120

 

0.117

Sargan

 

0.234

 

0.721

  1. Note: a, b and c denote significance at the 1%, 5% and 10% levels, respectively. Parentheses show P-values