Table 10.

Results for the debt fiscal limit impact on the off-budget activities of cities with county status

LGs excl. cities with county statuscities with county statusLGs excl. cities with county statuscities with county status
WC-RobustWC-RobustWC-RobustWC-Robust
OFF_ONlessgrantsOFFOFF_ONlessgrantsOFFOFF_ONlessgrantsOFFOFF_ONlessgrantsOFFOFF_ONlessgrantsOFFOFF_ONlessgrantsOFFOFF_ONlessgrantsOFFOFF_ONlessgrantsOFF
Coef.Coef.Coef.Coef.Coef.Coef.Coef.Coef.
Variable(Std. Err.)(Std. Err.)(Std. Err.)(Std. Err.)(Std. Err.)(Std. Err.)(Std. Err.)(Std. Err.)
L1.OFF_ONlessgrantsOFF−0.1322 (0.0324)***−0.1322 (0.1891)0.0469 (0.0412)0.0469 (0.1721)−0.1185 (0.030)***−0.1185 (0.1799)−0.0597 (0.0392)−0.0597 (0.0999)
L2.OFF_ONlessgrantsOFF−0.0278 (0.0188)−0.0278 (0.0547)−0.1398 (0.0222)***−0.1398 (0.0568)**−0.0390 (0.017)**−0.0390 (0.0540)−0.1429 (0.0173)***−0.1429 (0.0706)**
L3.OFF_ONlessgrantsOFF0.0134 (0.0164)0.0134 (0.0422)−0.0769 (0.0135)***−0.0769 (0.0736)0.0055 (0.016)0.0055 (0.0519)−0.0552 (0.0157)***−0.0552 (0.0418)
ln_ON_pop−0.1417 (0.0094)***−0.1417 (0.0234)***−0.1041 (0.0142)***−0.1041 (0.0548)*−0.1290 (0.010)***−0.1290 (0.0277)***−0.1228 (0.0256)***−0.1228 (0.0648)*
Grants−0.0064 (0.0187)−0.0064 (0.0247)0.0704 (0.0382)*0.0704 (0.0867)0.0001 (0.019)0.0001 (0.0272)0.1630 (0.0328)***0.1630 (0.0959)*
Debt_per capita−0.0017 (0.0008)**−0.0017 (0.0011)−0.0070 (0.0027)***−0.0070 (0.0128)    
MOC debt share    0.0787 (0.015)***0.0787 (0.0308)**0.2408 (0.0193)***0.2408 (0.0462)***
L1.Debt fiscal limit0.0280 (0.0028)***0.0280 (0.0040)***0.0053 (0.0023)**0.0053 (0.0053)0.0243 (0.003)***0.0243 (0.0051)***0.0020 (0.0028)0.0020 (0.0054)
Growth0.0091 (0.0053)*0.0091 (0.0230)−0.0107 (0.0077)−0.0107 (0.0373)0.0037 (0.005)0.0037 (0.0231)0.0017 (0.0138)0.0017 (0.0316)
year2013−0.0026 (0.0010)**−0.0026 (0.0013)**−0.0008 (0.0020)−0.0008 (0.0043)−0.0007 (0.001)−0.0007 (0.0016)0.0044 (0.0023)*0.0044 (0.0039)
year2015−0.0227 (0.0023)***−0.0227 (0.0031)_***0.0199 (0.0029)***0.0199 (0.0075)***−0.0206 (0.002)***−0.0206 (0.0036)***0.0136 (0.0024)***0.0136 (0.0066)**
year20170.0126 (0.0018)***0.0126 (0.0046)***0.0243 (0.0046)***0.0243 (0.0128)*0.0099 (0.002)***0.0099 (0.0059)*0.0186 (0.0044)***0.0186 (0.0120)
year20180.0179 (0.0026)***0.0179 (0.0066)***0.0194 (0.0051)***0.0194 (0.0168)0.0143 (0.003)***0.0143 (0.0080)*0.0198 (0.0065)***0.0198 (0.0166)
year0.0007 (0.0000)***0.0007 (0.0001)***0.0006 (0.0001)***0.0006 (0.0002)**0.0006 (0.000)***0.0006 (0.0001)***0.0006 (0.0001)***0.0006 (0.0003)**
Number of observations3,1323,1323483483,1323,132348348
Number of groups6556556464 6556464
Number of instruments4141414141414141
Wald test1520.15***948.33***6582.28***1076.51***1728.7***1088.25***2268.36***704.71***
Sargan test84.403784.403731.715831.715884.53884.538126.179226.1792
 0.00000.00000.28620.28620.00000.00000.56320.5632
Arellano–Bond test AR(1)−1.9615−1.4493−1.9376−1.5090−1.9986−1.5194−1.9188−1.5091
 0.04980.14730.05270.13130.04560.12870.05500.1313
AR(2)−0.2517−0.09360.43600.34650.44700.1480−0.0280−0.0190
 0.80130.92540.66280.72900.65490.88230.97760.9849

Notes:

*p < 0.1; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01; Std. Err. in brackets

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