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Table 1

Variable description

Variables	Definition	Sources
Corruption	The corruption index, of which a value of 0 represents non-corruption and 100 means a completely corruption	World Bank
SE	The share of the SE to GDP	Medina and Schneider (2018)
Trade Openness	The ratio of (total exports + total imports) to GDP	World Bank
Population Density	Natural logarithm of total population per square kilometer	World Bank
Telecommunication	Natural logarithm of total telephone lines (fixed and mobile) per 100 people in the host country	World Bank
Domestic Investment	Ratio of gross capital formation to GDP	World Bank
Land Size	The natural logarithm of a country's total land area	World Bank

Variables	Definition	Sources
Corruption	The corruption index, of which a value of 0 represents non-corruption and 100 means a completely corruption	World Bank
SE	The share of the SE to GDP	Medina and Schneider (2018)
Trade Openness	The ratio of (total exports + total imports) to GDP	World Bank
Population Density	Natural logarithm of total population per square kilometer	World Bank
Telecommunication	Natural logarithm of total telephone lines (fixed and mobile) per 100 people in the host country	World Bank
Domestic Investment	Ratio of gross capital formation to GDP	World Bank
Land Size	The natural logarithm of a country's total land area	World Bank

Source(s): Authors' own work