Table 3 The effect of Confucian culture on the spread of COVID-19.

From: A small global village: the effects of collectivist, tight and Confucian cultures on the spread of COVID-19

Dependent variable: CASE_GROWTH

Variables

Model (1)

Model (2)

CONFUCIAN

−6.291***

−7.598***

 

(−13.479)

(−12.665)

SARS

 

−0.338

  

(−0.728)

LN(POPULATION)

 

1.115***

  

(11.011)

AGE65

 

−0.205***

  

(−4.551)

LN(GDP)

 

−1.203***

  

(−7.118)

SMOKE

 

0.157***

  

(8.787)

LN(LENIENT_ENFORCEMENT)

 

1.819***

  

(6.777)

PROTESTANT

 

−0.001

  

(−0.111)

CATHOLIC

 

0.024***

  

(4.500)

MUSLIM

 

0.023***

  

(4.497)

Continent FE

Control

Control

Month FE

Control

Control

Observations

55,129

39,801

R-squared

0.544

0.594

  1. The t-values are reported in parentheses. The symbol of *** indicates the 1% significance level.