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. 2022 Sep 3;71(2):509–537. doi: 10.1057/s41308-022-00187-3

Table 5.

Robustness: results from event study regressions using alternative definitions of the credit-to-GDP gap

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)

Credit-to-GDP gap (baseline)

(change from t−3 to t−1)

0.07***
(0.02)

Credit-to-GDP gap (HP filter)

(change from t−3 to t−1)

0.07***
(0.03)

Credit-to-GDP gap (Hamilton)

(change from t−3 to t−1)

0.07***
(0.02)

Credit-to-GDP gap

(change from t−2 to t−1)

0.05*
(0.03)

Credit-to-GDP gap

(change from t−4 to t−1)

0.05*
(0.03)

Credit-to-GDP gap

(change from t−5 to t−1)

0.02
(0.02)

Credit-to-GDP gap

(change from t−6 to t−1)

0.04
(0.03)

Credit-to-GDP gap

(t−1)

0.07**
(0.03)

Credit-to-GDP gap

(t−2)

0.02
(0.05)

Credit-to-GDP gap

(t−3)

−0.08
(0.05)
Dummy: Civil conflict 1.67** 1.68** 1.69** 1.64** 1.56 1.51** 1.64** 1.71**
(0.65) (0.66) (0.66) (0.65) (0.68) (0.69) (0.72) (0.66)

Output growth

(t−1)

0.12** 0.12** 0.12** 0.11** 0.11** 0.11** 0.13** 0.12**
(0.05) (0.05) (0.05) (0.05) (0.05) (0.05) (0.06) (0.05)
Dummy: 2019 3.87*** 3.89*** 3.91*** 3.74*** 3.87*** 3.80*** 3.77*** 3.90***
(0.91) (0.91) (0.90) (0.90) (0.91) (0.90) (0.91) (0.92)
Constant −0.45 −0.43 −0.44 −0.39 −0.44 −0.37 −0.42 −0.53*
(0.27) (0.27) (0.27) (0.27) (0.28) (0.30) (0.30) (0.30)
Sample Full Full Full Full Full Full Full Full
Observations 218 218 218 218 214 211 204 218
Time period 2000–2019 2000–2019 2000–2019 2000–2019 2000–2019 2000–2019 2010–2019 2000–2019
R2 0.13 0.13 0.14 0.12 0.12 0.11 0.12 0.13
Mean of dep. variable (g^i) 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.67 0.69 0.76 0.70

White heteroskedasticity-robust standard errors clustered by country are shown in parentheses. The use of *** denotes a coefficient significantly different from zero at the 0.01 confidence level; **0.05; *0.10