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. 2016 Jan;55:1–10. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.08.006

Table 2.

Results of the multivariate probit estimation on the sharing of microbial materials. For the definition of the variables, descriptive statistics and correlation matrix, cf. Annexes A–C.

Outcome variable: MSHARING ALLOW (n = 120)
Received from cc
Received from gov res instit
Received from univ
Signif. Coef. Std. err. Signif. Coef. Std. err. Signif. Coef. Std. err.
Explanatory variables
Non-profit orientation For profit td:paraenter (−) −6.6761 464 (−)** −2.8107 1.0883 (−)** −1.6868 0.7661
Organizational network membership Networks no td:paraenter (−)* −0.8956 0.4630 (−)** −0.8711 0.4383 (−)*** −0.9898 0.3585
Internalized motivations Materials prov duty (+)* 0.5923 0.3396 (+)*** 1.3029 0.3492 (+)*** 0.9318 0.2974
External rules/incentives for sharing Materials ABS country (+) 0.2395 0.3702 (+)** 0.8921 0.4328 (+) 0.0389 0.3600
Materials ABS org (−) −0.0212 0.3891 (−) −0.0025 0.4010 (−) −0.0611 0.4195
Gov incentives materials (+) 0.5883 0.3723 (+) 0.0490 0.3862 (+) 0.4395 0.3617
Gov rules materials (−)** −1.0696 0.4602 (−) −0.7146 0.4515 (+) 0.0444 0.3780



Control variables
Provenance of materials Other cc (+) 0.2456 0.5735 (−) −0.4834 0.4356 (−) −0.2961 0.3808
Collection abroad (+)** 1.7059 0.7099 (+)** 1.0249 0.5048 (+)*** 1.1586 0.4048
Size/nature of contributions of materials Home contribute (−)** −1.4521 0.7102 (+) 4.9234 366 (+) 1.2131 1.0633
Private sector no (−)*** −1.1596 0.3854 (−) −0.3371 0.3382 (−) −0.4697 0.3066
Formal third party use for some (+)** 0.7084 0.3430 (+)** 0.7741 0.3330 (+)** 0.6777 0.2986
Capacity Receive governt funded large (+)** 1.8068 0.7751 (+)** 2.6364 1.0988 (+) 4.5865 526
*

Significant at 10% level.

**

Significant at 5% level.

***

Significant at 1% level.