Table 2

The FGLS outputs

Model (1)Model (2)Model (3)Model (4)Model (5)
bm0.070**0.077***0.082**0.073*0.072*
(0.040)(0.038)(0.040)(0.044)(0.043)
Open−0.008−0.0191−0.011−0.0020.136
(0.031)(0.032)(0.032)(0.032)(0.031)
rgdppc−0.037*−0.050**−0.054**−0.064***−0.074***
(0.021)(0.022)(0.022)(0.022)(0.021)
lagged Inf−0.0004−0.0003−0.0004−0.0006−0.0007
(0.0004)(0.0003)(0.0004)(0.0004)(0.0005)
Polity5 0.006***0.005**0.004**0.004*
 (0.002)(0.002)(0.002)(0.002)
legalori_uk−0.332***−0.279**−0.281***−0.250***−0.234***
(0.086)(0.089)(0.086)(0.083)(0.072)
legalori_fr0.177*0.212**0.234***0.282***0.312***
(0.100)(0.097)(0.094)(0.092)(0.080)
limfgdp  −0.328−0.454−0.502
  (0.502)(0.687)(0.705)
gov   0.129***0.177***
   (0.044)(0.045)
era    0.001
    (0.004)
Constant−0.699***−0.629***−0.643***−0.893***−1.023***
(0.211)(0.208)(0.214)(0.224)(0.207)
Observations334334334329329
Number of countries1717171717
Time effect dummiesIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded

Note(s): ***, ** and * indicate the statistical significance at 1, 5 and 10% significance level, respectively. The value in the parentheses is the standard error. ldwvau represents the de jure CBI index, bm represents board money ratio as a percentage of GDP, open represents trade openness (the sum of export and import as a percentage of GDP), rgdppc represents real GDP per capita, inf represents lagged inflation rate, legalori_uk represents the dummy variables indicate whether a legal system is originated from the UK, legalori_fr represents the dummy variables indicate whether a legal system is originated from France, imfgdp represents the use of IMF credit as a percentage of GDP, polity5 represents combined polity score. gov represents the government expenditure as a percentage of GDP. Lastly, era indicates the exchange rate agreement

dependent variable: unweighted de jure CBI; financial development: the ratio of broad money to GDP

Source(s): Authors' own work

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