Table 5

Effect of exports on economic growth along the structural breaks

BaselineRobustness
VariableOLSFMOLSIV-2SLSOLSFMOLSIV-2SLS
Constant12.464*** (0.000)9.124*** (0.000)8.848*** (0.000)−4.176*** (0.000)−16.537*** (0.000)2.681 (0.444)
Exports0.129 (0.249)0.587*** (0.000)0.575*** (0.000)−0.029* (0.074)0.645*** (0.000)0.201** (0.015)
Exports10.187* (0.066)0.582*** (0.000)0.574*** (0.000)−0.028* (0.095)0.653*** (0.000)0.195** (0.021)
Exports20.225*** (0.007)0.543*** (0.000)0.554*** (0.000)−0.030* (0.065)0.570*** (0.000)0.192** (0.017)
Exports30.265*** (0.000)0.523*** (0.000)0.532*** (0.000)−0.024 (0.134)0.530*** (0.000)0.182** (0.017)
Exports40.301*** (0.000)0.521*** (0.000)0.538*** (0.000)−0.024 (0.123)0.486*** (0.000)0.175** (0.016)
Exports50.336*** (0.000)0.550*** (0.000)0.562*** (0.000)0.027* (0.092)0.512*** (0.000)0.169** (0.018)
Capital Stock   0.857*** (0.000)1.282*** (0.000)0.689*** (0.000)
Employed Persons   0.645*** (0.000)0.811** (0.015)0.008 (0.982)
No. of Obs.256255255256255254
R-Squares0.9870.6700.9950.9980.81760.998
Adjusted R-Squares 0.662  0.8109 
F-Statistics/Wald Test8108.62*** (0.0000) 53,299.53*** (0.000)9358.11*** (0.0000) 146,874.14*** (0.0000)

Note(s): ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1. OLS and FMOLS represent the ordinary least squares and fully modified ordinary least squares, respectively

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