Table 3

The empirical results

Dependent variable: per capita growth rate of GDP [grow]
Variable [Notation]Pooled OLS modelFixed effect modelPanel IV modelSystem GMM model
Share of mineral rents of GDP[MINE]0.185*** (5.80)0.432*** (8.35)0.341*** (4.42)0.407* (2.72)
Population growth rate [POPR]−2.660*** (−4.55)−4.620*** (−6.58)−4.575*** (−6.54)−4.108* (−2.04)
Border proximity [BORD]−0.221 (−0.98)0.841 (0.82)0.871 (0.85)0.608* (0.72)
Prevalence of civil war [CIVI]−5.229*** (−4.86)−5.994*** (−5.40)−6.291*** (−5.61)−5.844* (−2.36)
Population growth rate * Civil war [PGCW]1.757*** (5.69)2.365*** (7.56)2.344*** (7.52)2.340** (2.86)
Mineral rents * Civil war [MRWC]−0.0187 (−0.91)−0.0491* (−2.37)−0.0348 (−1.55)−0.0482* (−1.82)
Democratic institution quality [DEMO]0.0264 (1.34)0.0291 (1.48)0.0297 (1.52)0.0276 (1.01)
Lag one of dependent variable0.154*** (3.58)0.0812 (1.95)0.101* (2.35)0.0150 (0.13)
Constant6.431** (2.99)2.817 (0.58) −78.37 (−0.59)
N498498497484
Countries13131313
Fixed effect YYY
Time dummy variableY YY
Arellano bond 2 [AR2]   0.2048

Note(s):t statistics in parentheses * p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 and ***p < 0.001

Source(s): Author's computations

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