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

Table 4.

Determinants of fiscal balance (commodity-exporting countries)

Dependent variable:FBi,t
Crude oil Steel Soybean Iron ore Maize Gold Copper Aluminium Silver Gas
FBi,t-1

0.55***

(0.03)

[0.08]

0.39***

(0.04)

[0.09]

0.51***

(0.03)

[0.09]

0.46***

(0.03)

[0.11]

0.52***

(0.03)

[0.09]

0.50***

(0.03)

[0.09]

0.56***

(0.03)

[0.08]

0.57***

(0.03)

[0.08]

0.51***

(0.03)

[0.09]

0.53***

(0.03)

[0.08]

CPVi,t

–0.03***

(0.009)

[0.01]

–0.12***

(0.03)

[0.03]

–0.03***

(0.008)

[0.01]

–0.13***

(0.02)

[0.05]

–0.02**

(0.01)

[0.01]

–0.01***

(0.003)

[0.008]

–0.0003

(0.0003)

[0.0003]

–0.0008

(0.001)

[0.0009]

–0.47***

(0.10)

[0.20]

0.001

(0.01)

[0.01]

PCCPi,t

0.03***

(0.004)

[0.005]

0.03***

(0.006)

[0.006]

0.02***

(0.007)

[0.006]

0.004

(0.003)

[0.003]

0.02***

(0.005)

[0.003]

0.02***

(0.008)

[0.009]

0.03***

(0.005)

[0.005]

0.03***

(0.006)

[0.007]

0.02***

(0.004)

[0.004]

0.03***

(0.004)

[0.004]

CAPi,t

0.0007

(0.002)

[0.001]

0.001

(0.002)

[0.001]

0.002

(0.002)

[0.001]

0.002

(0.002)

[0.001]

0.003

(0.002)

[0.001]

0.002

(0.002)

[0.001]

0.0009

(0.002)

[0.001]

0.001

(0.002)

[0.001]

0.002

(0.002)

[0.001]

0.001

(0.002)

[0.001]

MIi,t

–0.90***

(0.18)

[0.26]

–0.75***

(0.24)

[0.22]

–0.90***

(0.19)

[0.29]

–1.11***

(0.19)

[0.26]

–0.84***

(0.19)

[0.28]

–1.00***

(0.19)

[0.27]

–0.83***

(0.19)

[0.27]

–0.80***

(0.19)

[0.27]

–1.01***

(0.19)

[0.27]

–0.95***

(0.20)

[0.32]

RIRi,t

–0.04***

(0.02)

[0.03]

–0.04***

(0.02)

[0.02]

–0.06***

(0.02)

[0.03]

–0.07***

(0.01)

[0.03]

–0.07***

(0.02)

[0.03]

–0.06***

(0.02)

[0.03]

–0.04**

(0.02)

[0.02]

–0.02

(0.02)

[0.02]

–0.07***

(0.02)

[0.03]

–0.005

(0.02)

[0.02]

RIRi,t*CPVi,t

–0.002**

(0.0009)

[0.001]

–0.005**

(0.002)

[0.003]

–0.0007

(0.0007)

[0.001]

–0.001

(0.002)

[0.005]

0.0002

(0.001)

[0.0007]

- 0.0004

(0.0003)

[0.0008]

–0.00009***

(0.00003)

[0.00004]

–0.0004***

(0.0001)

[0.0001]

–0.01

(0.009)

[0.02]

–0.003**

(0.001)

[0.002]

R2 0.49 0.43 0.46 0.45 0.47 0.46 0.50 0.49 0.46 0.48
Periods 36 30 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 26
Countries 45 44 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45
Observations 839 617 839 839 839 839 839 839 839 806

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