Table 7.

Results of country groups and economic freedom

(1)(2)(3)(4)
CountriesAF&AMAS&AMAS&AFLLMI
Thre. Value (γ)7.7963*** (0.0111)6.8510*** (0.1203)5.8693*** (0.0920)5.8316*** (0.2319)
Upper regime (Ins>γ)
Foreign aid−3.1952 (2.5954)0.6460*** (0.1834)0.9342*** (0.1815)0.8128*** (0.1551)
EF−9.4462 (9.1192)1.0644*** (0.3516)−2.4261*** (0.5805)−0.621(0.5306)
GDP−21.3574 (14.2469)−0.4994 (0.3267)−0.585 (0.3837)0.291(0.3266)
Savings−0.2971 (0.1891)0.0184 (0.0177)0.0440*** (0.0083)0.0332*** (0.0125)
Openness0.142 (0.1610)−0.0184*** (0.0044)−0.0396*** (0.0063)−0.0319*** (0.0064)
Population−27.1317 (23.1833)0.5285** (0.2395)0.4673 (0.4075)0.9332** (0.4447)
Lower regime (Ins≤γ)
Foreign aid0.2857*** (0.0345)−0.2865*** (0.1073)−1.0946*** (0.1318)−0.7832*** (0.2158)
EF0.5012*** (0.1400)−0.2307 (0.2312)3.1636*** (0.5220)1.4246*** (0.5165)
GDP0.9721*** (0.0880)1.1769*** (0.1742)1.6903*** (0.3463)1.0268*** (0.2568)
Savings−0.0159*** (0.0012)−0.0095 (0.0097)−0.0466*** (0.0065)−0.0213* (0.0123)
Openness0.0039*** (0.0005)0.0070*** (0.0013)0.0360*** (0.0052)0.0281*** (0.0065)
Population0.1276 (0.2724)−0.7228*** (0.2370)−0.4756 (0.3993)−0.9368** (0.4772)
Constant285.3077 (197.3577)−3.8307 (3.0397)15.3047*** (4.5505)−2.088 (5.0613)
Number of i45354336
Year fixed effectsYesYesYesYes

Notes:

AF, AM and AS denote African, American and Asian countries, respectively. Albania is grouped into Asian country in this study. LLMI denotes low and lower-middle-income countries.

Standard errors in parentheses; ***p < 0.01; **p < 0.05; *p < 0.1

Source: Authors’ own elaboration

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