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Table 2 Estimation Results for Developed Countries

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

 

High Income Countries

Upper Middle Income Countries

FE

GMM

FE

GMM

lnFDI(t-1)

 

0.581a (0.001)

 

0.387a (0.000)

Trade openness

0.042 (0.344)

0.640b (0.014)

0.133a (0.000)

0.221a (0.000)

lnMobile

2.949b (0.022)

0.120b (0.016)

0.869a (0.000)

0.003b (0.022)

lnGDP per capita

−6.580 (0.443)

−4.981c (0.108)

−9.227a (0.000)

−8.355c (0.074)

Inflation

−0.346 (0.252)

−0.230c (0.071)

0.0002 (0.966)

−0.021 (0.269)

Agriculture value added

−0.379 (0.290)

− 0.369 (0.241)

−0.142 (0.132)

− 0.120 (0.115)

Institutional Index

5.774 (0.141)

4.853b (0.019)

0.911b (0.033)

2.693b (0.055)

Constant

5.674b (0.036)

10.270a (0.000)

7.512a (0.000)

21.726a (0.002)

 

0.218

 

0.388

0.000

AR(1)

 

0.041

 

0.342

AR(2)

 

0.222

 

0.262

Sargan

 

0.357

 

0.371

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