Table 4

Contemporaneous causality: GDP and TFP; IV/GMM

AndeanThirdCaribbeanPacificOthersTotal
clgdpcltfpclgdpcltfpclgdpcltfpclgdpcltfpclgdpcltfpclgdpcltfp
clgdp 0.541 (0.797) 0.767 (0.500) −0.345 (0.751) 0.806 (0.932) 2.814** (1.319) −0.092 (0.878)
cltfp0.104** (0.051) 0.144* (0.082) 0.129* (0.083) 0.256 (0.236) 0.119 (0.117) 0.070 (0.277) 
cunemp−0.640** (0.272)0.735 (0.854)−1.546** (0.623)0.402 (0.989)−0.177 (0.157)0.301 (0.733)0.844 (0.871)−0.673 (3.242)−1.129 (1.150)7.623* (4.726)−0.237 (0.201)0.172 (0.744)
cunempt−1−0.054 (0.270)1.616*** (0.575)−0.844* (0.542)−0.033 (0.853)−0.181 (0.149)0.549 (0.356)−1.085 (0.915)4.298* (2.590)−2.367** (1.022)13.242*** (4.966)−0.047 (0.307)1.005*** (0.361)
Crisis−0.008** (0.003)0.038*** (0.006)0.002 (0.003)−0.018** (0.007)0.001 (0.006)−0.017 (0.015)−0.009 (0.009)0.018 (0.017)0.011 (0.009)−0.098*** (0.019)0.001 (0.005)−0.013* (0.007)
clpopt−12.897** (1.392)−12.423*** (3.390)−1.095 (0.943)4.427** (1.893)−0.608 (2.361)−2.048 (7.825)1.640 (1.712)−3.522 (6.938)−0.311 (1.192)2.525 (6.138)0.199 (0.709)2.941 (3.409)
Constant0.001 (0.001)−0.003 (0.004)0.000 (0.001)0.000 (0.003)0.001 (0.002)0.003 (0.006)0.001 (0.002)−0.003 (0.005)−0.002 (0.002)0.029** (0.011)0.000 (0.001)0.000 (0.003)
Obs252525252525252525252525
GMM/C p-val0.5400.9180.4140.8750.2880.2500.8630.6470.7640.7630.9290.917
Hansen J p-val0.0280.1700.1390.3320.5540.5610.1320.1210.8090.8090.0410.351
Wald p-val0.0080.0000.0040.0090.3230.0270.0100.1860.1560.0000.3120.014
R20.3910.4450.3400.3080.0060.1110.6430.1020.3660.4430.1760.125

Note(s): All estimates reported are adjusted for small samples. ***, **, * denote level of significance at 1%, 5% and 10 %, respectively

Source(s): Authors’ calculation

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