Table 4.

Results of the evaluation test and the estimated threshold

LM testNewly democratic African countriesNewly democratic European countries
Macroprudential policy regimeNonprudential policy regimeMacroprudential policy regimeNonprudential policy regime
Parameter constancy test
LMF5.982 (4.873e–04)1.998 (2.889e–05)8.917 (15.098e–17)7.987 (0.0000)
LMχ40.712(3.223e–10)60.948 (4.341e–09)80.734 (8.932e–08)50.253 (0.000)
No remaining nonlinearity
WB1 (p-value)1 (p-value)1 (p-value)1 (p-value)
WCB1 (p-value)1 (p-value)1 (p-value)1 (p-value)
Results of the estimated threshold for all models
c65.00*** (5.93)50.00*** (10.01)72.00*** (11.81)60.01*** (3.11)
γ15.12*** (4.40)18.01*** (5.92)10.13*** (5.92)14.09*** (8.22)

Notes:

Growth is the dependent variable, whereas government spending is the independent variable.

***Signify the level of significance of 1%

Source: Author’s calculation results based on data from WDI, 2023

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