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. 2021 Jan 19;141:105412. doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105412

Table B1.

Further Robustness Checks.

Panel A. Estimation results when controlling for public debt
(1) OLS (DR1) (2) OLS (DR1) (3) Tobit (DR1) (4) OLS (DR2) (5) OLS (DR2) (6) Tobit (DR2)
Climate Risk 0.024** 0.098***
(0.010) (0.036)
Readiness −0.084* −0.141** −0.138** −0.114 −0.502* −0.497*
(0.044) (0.061) (0.055) (0.154) (0.278) (0.251)
Individualism 0.114*** 0.117*** 0.326*** 0.336***
(0.027) (0.024) (0.119) (0.108)
Controls Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Region dummies Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
N 108 81 81 107 80 80
R2 0.407 0.525 0.462 0.535
Panel B. Estimation results when Health expenditure is defined in per capita terms
Climate Risk 0.012 0.072**
(0.009) (0.031)
Readiness −0.154*** −0.195*** −0.192*** −0.336* −0.693*** −0.690***
(0.042) (0.059) (0.053) (0.173) (0.252) (0.225)
Individualism 0.100*** 0.102*** 0.275** 0.285***
(0.028) (0.025) (0.113) (0.101)



Controls Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Region dummies Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
N 110 81 81 109 80 80
R2 0.399 0.510 0.483 0.570
Panel C. Estimation results when excluding the US and the UK
Climate Risk 0.019** 0.082**
(0.009) (0.033)
Readiness −0.097** −0.155*** −0.150*** −0.219 −0.605** −0.592**
(0.040) (0.058) (0.053) (0.161) (0.287) (0.259)
Individualism 0.106*** 0.109*** 0.281** 0.294**
(0.027) (0.025) (0.123) (0.112)
Controls Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Region dummies Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
N 110 81 81 109 80 80
R2 0.380 0.497 0.407 0.477

Note: All other variables are as defined earlier.