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Table 2 Cross-sectional dependence test

From: Degree of financialization and energy efficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa: do institutions matter?

Variable

CD-test

p-value

Correlation(ρ)

abs(ρ)

Return on asset

0.46

0.647

0.01

0.35

Managerial inefficiency

1.15

0.252

0.01

0.37

Z-score

−1.16

0.110

−0.01

0.36

Market capitalization

−0.72

0.472

0.00

0.37

Asset quality

3.26

0.001

0.03

0.33

Lnei

20.42

0.000

0.17

0.54

Polity2

11.76

0.000

0.09

0.24

GDP growth

7.67

0.000

0.06

0.23

lnServicevalue

7.23

0.000

0.06

0.32

Inflation

14.15

0.000

0.12

0.29

Lneipet

7.09

0.000

0.06

0.44

Lneielec

10.64

0.000

0.09

0.46

  1. Under the null hypothesis of cross-section independence, CD ~ N (0,.1).P-values close to zero indicate data are correlated across panel groups