Table 1 Fixed effects cross sectional time series regression analysis, government effectiveness, 2004–2014

From: Toward quantifying soft power: the impact of the proliferation of information technology on governance in the Middle East

Variables

Coefficient

Standard Error

Significance

Internet Subscribers (per 100)

.005842

.0014339

***

Mobile Subscribers (per 100)

−.0016293

.0007852

*

Imports

.0031536

.0007597

***

FDI

6.83e-12

3.89e-12

^

ODA & Foreign Aid

−2.30e-11

7.27e-12

*

Political Stabilityit-1

.0490559

.0244088

*

Constant

−1.01714

.0957538

***

Prob.>F

<0.000

  

R 2

0.95

  

Observations

219

  
  1. Dependent variable: Government effectiveness31—perceptions of the quality of policies and public services provided
  2. Level of significance on a two-tailed test denoted by the following symbols:
  3. NS—not significant, ^p<0.10, *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.
  4. The hold out country is Afghanistan and the hold out year is 2004.
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