Differences in coefficients based on the income level of countries
| Variables | RSTPPMLAlLow | RSTPPMLAltAverage | RSTPPMLAltHigh | RSTPPMLAlt | REFMODSWLow | REFMODSWAverage | REFMODSWHigh | REFMODSW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lInstitution | −0.229*** (0.062) | 0.116 (0.111) | 0.326 (0.182) | 0.143* (0.069) | −0.104** (0.037) | 0.132*** (0.028) | 0.307*** (0.048) | 0.115*** (0.021) |
| lIntegration | 0.366*** (0.032) | 1.480*** (0.212) | 0.868*** (0.177) | 0.302*** (0.087) | ||||
| lGeography | 0.083 (0.116) | 0.025 (0.167) | 0.934** (0.330) | 0.410** (0.127) | 0.076 (0.059) | −0.054 (0.080) | 0.116 (0.225) | 0.111* (0.050) |
| lIntegrationSW | 0.406*** (0.020) | 0.921*** (0.029) | 0.896*** (0.022) | 0.799*** (0.016) | ||||
| Constant | −1.367*** (0.044) | −0.160* (0.063) | 0.543*** (0.156) | 0.082*** (0.011) | 0.911*** (0.040) | −0.180*** (0.015) | 0.169*** (0.046) | 0.005 (0.004) |
| N | 330 | 1,130 | 874 | 2,334 | 330 | 1,130 | 874 | 2,334 |
| R2 | 0.066 | 0.007 | 0.029 | 0.015 | 0.256 | 0.181 | 0.360 | 0.569 |
| EstEqBiCom | ||||||||
| Fixed effect | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| PPML | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Trade opening | ||||||||
| Standard | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Squalli Wilson | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Instrument | ||||||||
| Base on RST | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Alternative | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Income level | ||||||||
| Low | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Average | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| High | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| All | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| Variables | RSTPPMLAlLow | RSTPPMLAltAverage | RSTPPMLAltHigh | RSTPPMLAlt | REFMODSWLow | REFMODSWAverage | REFMODSWHigh | REFMODSW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lInstitution | −0.229*** (0.062) | 0.116 (0.111) | 0.326 (0.182) | 0.143* (0.069) | −0.104** (0.037) | 0.132*** (0.028) | 0.307*** (0.048) | 0.115*** (0.021) |
| lIntegration | 0.366*** (0.032) | 1.480*** (0.212) | 0.868*** (0.177) | 0.302*** (0.087) | ||||
| lGeography | 0.083 (0.116) | 0.025 (0.167) | 0.934** (0.330) | 0.410** (0.127) | 0.076 (0.059) | −0.054 (0.080) | 0.116 (0.225) | 0.111* (0.050) |
| lIntegrationSW | 0.406*** (0.020) | 0.921*** (0.029) | 0.896*** (0.022) | 0.799*** (0.016) | ||||
| Constant | −1.367*** (0.044) | −0.160* (0.063) | 0.543*** (0.156) | 0.082*** (0.011) | 0.911*** (0.040) | −0.180*** (0.015) | 0.169*** (0.046) | 0.005 (0.004) |
| 330 | 1,130 | 874 | 2,334 | 330 | 1,130 | 874 | 2,334 | |
| 0.066 | 0.007 | 0.029 | 0.015 | 0.256 | 0.181 | 0.360 | 0.569 | |
| Fixed effect | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| PPML | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Standard | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Squalli Wilson | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Base on RST | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Alternative | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Low | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Average | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| High | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| All | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
Note(s): ESTEqBiCom: Bilateral Trade Equation Estimators. The natural logarithm is represented by “l” placed before the independent variables. IntegrationSW is the measure of integration calculated using Squalli and Wilson’s (2011) proposal. Standard errors are shown in parentheses. Significance levels: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
Source(s): Prepared by the authors
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