Table 8

Dependent variable: Net investment in non-financial assets as % of GDP (NFAS) panel least square (unbalanced) periods included: 9; cross-sections included: 137; total observations: 958 sample: 2009–2017

Independent variable/ModelCoefficients (βs); Figures in parenthesis are “t-statistics”
IIIIIIIVV
Constant0.744** (2.063)0.923*** (2.647)2.300*** (9.541)8.561*** (11.333)9.004*** (11.812)
GROW: GDP growth (annual %)0.148*** (3.998)0.164*** (4.643)0.046** (2.311)0.119** (2.103)0.118** (2.099)
TXTGDP: Tax revenue (% of GDP)0.166*** (10.148)0.151*** (9.550)0.002 (0.211)−0.250*** (−6.550)−0.272*** (−7.108)
FDI(−1): One-year lag of net inflow of foreign direct investment (Billion USD) −0.013*** (−4.089)−0.002** (−2.115)−0.039*** (−4.318)−0.029*** (−3.449)
FDI(−2): Two-year lag of net inflow of foreign direct investment (Billion USD)−0.013*** (−3.917) −0.050*** (−2.784)  
BONDPNG(−1): One-year lag of net flows of non-guaranteed long-term debt from bonds that are privately placed (Billion USD) −0.068 (−1.226) −0.027 (−0.249)0.140 (1.360)
BONDPNG(−2): Two-year lag of net flows of non-guaranteed long-term debt from bonds that are privately placed (Billion USD)−0.077 (−1.277)    
MCG: Market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP)  −0.008*** (−5.853)  
DBTSTB: Short-term external debt (Billion USD)   0.002 (0.480) 
DBTPVT: Private non-guaranteed external debt stocks (Billion USD)    −0.019*** (−2.971)
Adjusted R-squared0.1240.1080.0960.1590.174
F-statistic34.85933.23111.72118.55720.621
Akaike Information Criterion5.9925.9883.7006.0666.047
Schwarz Criterion6.0176.0113.7506.1196.101
Hannan–Quinn Criterion6.0015.9973.7206.0876.068

Note(s): *p < 0.1; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01

Source(s): Author’s estimations

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