Table V.

Services FDI and disasters, sample of “all countries”

(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)
VariablesContemp. metrological disastersLagged metrological disastersContemp. climate disastersLagged climate disastersContemp. hydrological disastersLagged hydrological disastersContemp. geophysical disastersLagged geophysical disasters
Lag, ln(FDI Services0.776***0.720***0.660***0.734***0.746***0.648***0.396***0.523***
Share of GDP)(0.0783)(0.116)(0.110)(0.0850)(0.100)(0.181)(0.117)(0.139)
Growth rate, GDP per−2.147−2.360−6.773*−2.975−0.2471.501−2.011−0.236
cap, 2005 US$, purchasing power parity(3.046)(3.597)(3.834)(3.308)(2.322)(1.822)(3.555)(3.118)
Natural Resources0.00642−0.008160.0272**0.006420.00328−0.002350.0171−0.00580
Rent, share of GDP(0.0112)(0.00994)(0.0109)(0.00837)(0.00696)(0.00841)(0.0118)(0.0102)
Democratic−0.00103−0.04170.0644−0.01360.02800.00878−0.0610−0.0366
Accountability(0.0321)(0.0326)(0.0573)(0.0483)(0.0383)(0.0324)(0.0441)(0.0438)
Ln (disaster−0.0700−0.0380−0.177**−0.106−0.0878−0.174−0.0656−0.102
occurrence)(0.0504)(0.0536)(0.0855)(0.0852)(0.0847)(0.116)(0.0756)(0.110)
Constant−0.818−0.533−2.856***−2.128−1.641***−1.677*−1.764***−1.050
 (0.689)(0.805)(0.776)(1.629)(0.528)(0.924)(0.488)(0.675)
Observations385368299282521492181192
Number of countries6765606265663338
AR(2)0.9090.3460.4410.2040.2140.2140.6200.663
Sargan χ2155.06***91.92***118.85***133.43***68.55***136.78 ***116.59***148.22***

Notes:

Robust standard errors in parentheses; ***p < 0.01; **p < 0.05; * p < 0.1

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