Table 2

Results of the test of the null hypothesis of independence (Pesaran, 2004)

VariableCD-testp-valuecorrabs(corr)
CO244.960.0000.3270.573
REC64.100.0000.4660.685
Internet123.550.0000.8980.898
Mobile124.170.0000.9030.903
gdp55.380.0000.4030.662
Inst2.070.0380.0150.420

Note(s): Under the null hypothesis of cross-sectional independence CD ∼ N(0.1) and a p-value close to zero indicate data that are correlated between panel individuals, CD signifies the cross-sectional dependence statistic

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