Table 2 Pairwise correlation matrix of the variables.

From: Central transfers and incentives to collect local revenue among the Central Region of Ghana’s local government officials: analysing the flypaper effect

 

Texp

Transfers

Ownrev

Population

Distance

Texp

1.0000

    

Transfers

0.4250

1.000

   

(0.0000)

    

Ownrev

0.3362

−0.0574

1.0000

  

(0.0001)

(0.5072)

   

Population

0.1547

0.1478

−0.0810

1.0000

 

(0.0722)

(0.0860)

(0.3485)

  

Distance

−0.0600

−0.0592

0.0301

−0.3750

1.0000

(0.4875)

(0.4937)

(0.7276)

(0.0000)

 
  1. Authors’ calculations, 2023.