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. 2022 Jan 11;63(3):1375–1402. doi: 10.1007/s00181-021-02168-3

Table 1.

Determinants of fiscal balance (full sample)

Dependent variable:FBi,t
Pooled OLS (1) FE (2) RE (3)
FBi,t-1

0.67***

(0.02)

[0.03]

0.53***

(0.02)

[0.04]

0.67***

(0.02)

[0.03]

CPVi,t

–0.04***

(0.01)

[0.02]

–0.04***

(0.01)

[0.02]

–0.04***

(0.01)

[0.02]

PCCPi,t

0.04***

(0.005)

[0.007]

0.04***

(0.004)

[0.006]

0.04***

(0.005)

[0.007]

CAPi,t

0.001

(0.002)

[0.002]

0.003

(0.002)

[0.001]

0.001

(0.002)

[0.002]

MIi,t

–0.23***

(0.05)

[0.07]

–0.99***

(0.13)

[0.29]

–0.23***

(0.05)

[0.07]

RIRi,t

–0.02

(0.01)

[0.01]

–0.04***

(0.01)

[0.02]

–0.02

(0.01)

[0.01]

RIRi,tCPVi,t

–0.004***

(0.001)

[0.002]

–0.004***

(0.001)

[0.002]

–0.004***

(0.001)

[0.002]

R2 0.50 0.42 0.50
Periods 26 26 26
Countries 108 108 108
Observations 1937 1937 1937

Standard errors are presented below the corresponding coefficients in brackets. The asterisks ***, ** and * indicate the significance at the 1, 5 and 10 per cent level, respectively. Cluster standard errors are presented in square brackets