Table III

Sensitivity analysis for the baseline PP-PCSE estimator

RowSpecification changeCoefficient on intangiblesCountriesObs.R-Squared
Baseline regression
(1)Baseline-regression0.38***162560.50
Influential cases
(2)Including Irish 2015 dummy0.26***162560.59
(3)Excluding Ireland0.24***152400.48
(4)Excluding Greece0.44***152400.56
(5)Excluding Greece and Ireland0.28***142240.56
(6)Excluding new member states0.37***132080.53
Restructuring of country sample
(7)13 EU countries, 2000–20150.52***132080.65
(8)Dummy for coordinated economies0.37***162560.51
(9)Dummy for Mediterranean countries0.37***162560.50
(10)Dummy for new member states0.33***162560.53
(11)Dummy for Scandinavian countries0.37***162560.50
(12)Dummy for liberal economies0.37***162560.50
Specifications
(13)Rule of law0.37***162400.51
(14)Openness to trade0.33***162560.53
(15)FDI0.39***162410.54
(16)Government expenditures0.35***162560.52
(17)Social expenditures0.31***162560.54
(18)Education expenditures0.41***162410.57
(19)Inflation0.38***162560.53
(20)Income tax0.36***162560.50
(21)Stock market capitalization0.38***162040.50
(22)Alternative Business cycle0.38***162560.50
Other independent variables
(23)Without Ireland (Innovative property)0.11   
(24)Without Ireland (Computerized information)−0.01162400.50
(25)Without Ireland (Economic competencies)0.17***   
Methods
(26)Panel autocorrelation-order 10.40***162560.58
(27)Random-effects0.38***162560.51

Note(s): The random-effects estimator depicts an overall R-Square value. ***< 0.01, **< 0,05, *< 0.1. Obs. = Observations

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