Table 10 Results of CS-ARDL Estimations for all sample and sub-samples.

From: Achieving sustainable development goals: do governance and foreign direct investment matter?

Independent variables

Dependent Variable: overall SDGs

All Sample

SSA sample

MENA sample

Long run

GOV

0.397** (0.175)

0.998** (0.415)

0.870* (0.471)

FDI

0.042** (0.019)

0.035* (0.019)

0.038** (0.014)

GI

0.036** (0.018)

0.019* (0.072)

0.100 (0.090)

GS

−0.154** (0.05)

−0.021 (0.162)

−1.768* (1.027)

GDP

0.495*** (0.075)

0.458*** (0.081)

0.432*** (0.065)

POP

−0.374 (2.779)

−4.689 (6.931)

−5.889 (5.838)

Short run

ECT

−0.778*** (0.074)

−0.627*** (0.053)

−0.755*** (0.0897)

Δ GOV

0.260** (0.101)

0.359* (0.178)

0.250 (0.220)

Δ FDI

0.012 (0.014)

0.046 (0.031)

−0.063 (0.041)

Δ GI

0.025* (0.015)

0.007 (0.035)

0.036 (0.043)

Δ GS

−0.090* (0.03)

−0.067 (0.057)

−0.737 (0.574)

Δ GDP

0.103 (0.15)

−0.061 (0.194)

0.494 (0.535)

Δ POP

−0.057 (1.75)

−1.552 (2.72)

−6.588 (4.66)

  1. Notes: Standard error is in parentheses. *** represent statistical significance at 0.01 level.