Table 7.4b Determinants of U.S. Imports of BPT Services from Latin America by Industry, Using Weighted Indian Export Growth Computer Database Research, and data and other development, All BPT processing information and testing Determinant services Advertising services services services d ln allni
d ln india
Management, consulting, and public relations services
Legal services
Construction, architectural, Installation, and maintenance, engineering Industrial and repair of services engineering equipment
Other
0.762*
1.414***
–0.004
3.109**
0.333
1.715***
0.782***
–0.198
2.360***
0.341***
0.849*
[1.85]
[4.59]
[0.01]
[2.57]
[0.52]
[4.61]
[4.04]
[0.19]
[3.99]
[3.36]
[2.01]
–8.535
–10.083
–1.824
–17.226
–32.362*
10.604
–30.765***
30.299** –19.881***
46.912
–69.063**
[1.59]
[0.32]
[0.39]
[1.44]
[1.73]
[1.16]
[3.15]
[2.28]
[4.00]
[0.48]
[2.38]
Observations
113
59
67
45
62
83
68
43
33
46
44
R-squared
0.36
0.36
0.30
0.24
0.10
0.35
0.26
0.35
0.73
0.31
0.70
Source: Data are from the U.S. Department of Commerce. Author’s calculations. Note: Robust t-statistics are in brackets. * Significant at 10 percent level. ** Significant at 5 percent level. *** Significant at 1 percent level.
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