Table 4.

Summary of estimates from model of pre‐Ebola trends in U.S. exports, 2005–2013

Variables of interest	Coefficient
Treatment Group 1	−364.56** (164.96)
Treatment Group 2	563.73*** (124.86)
Time trend	36.53 (28.57)
Treatment Group 1 × Time Trend	16.32 (23.17)
Treatment Group 2 × Time Trend	143.34 (191.73)
N	408

Note. Treatment Group 1 consists of three countries with epidemic transmission of 2014 Ebola: Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Treatment Group 2 consists of three countries with limited cases of 2014 Ebola: Mali, Nigeria, and Senegal. The comparison group consists of 40 sub‐Saharan Africa countries without cases of 2014 Ebola. Estimates obtained from linear models with clustering by country and year. All models include controls for country‐specific time trends, U.S. currency value index, partner country gross domestic product per capita relative to U.S., and partner country consumer price index relative to U.S. (not shown). U.S. exports in constant 2016 USD (millions). Standard errors in parentheses.

^* Statistically significant at 10% level.

^** Statistically significant at 5% level.

^*** Statistically significant at 1% level.