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Table 11.A.7 (percent)

Fixed-Effects Panel Estimates of FDI Stock to GDP on Service Sector Reforms, 1990–2004

Model number Independent variables Infrastructure reform index

(1) 17.37 (0.99)***

MGB*infrastructure index SEE*infrastructure index

(2)

(3)

(4)

17.38 (1.11)***

18.35 (1.18)*** –9.14 (4.16)*** –4.777 (2.62)***

(5)

(6)

14.64 (1.02)***

15.02 (1.07)*** –6.49 (3.75)* –2.09 (2.50) 0.41 370

19.13 (3.27)*** –10.30 (3.27)*** –6.58 (2.10)***

Finance reform index MGB*finance SEE*finance Investment climate index MGB*investment climate index SEE*investment climate index R2 No. of observations

0.51 370

0.52 370

0.45 370

0.45 370

0.41 370

Source: Authors. Note: Country sample: MGB = Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia; SEE = Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia and Montenegro. Standard errors are in parentheses. R2 values are for within regressions. *** Significant at the 1% level; ** significant at the 5% level; * significant at the 10% level.


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