Table 3 Precision-effect test.

From: ICTs and economic performance nexus: meta-analysis evidence from country-specific data

 

(1) All studies

(2) internet

(3) teledensity

(4) ICT_index

Slope (precision)

0.0337* (1.80)

−0.0198 (−1.04)

0.1095** (2.17)

0.0087 (0.09)

Constant (bias)

1.4786*** (3.59)

2.4779*** (5.17)

−1.082 (−1.03)

0.1316 (0.08)

Observations

713

265

229

37

Root MSE

5.671

4.490

7.640

3.524

 

(5) ICT_other

(6) GDP

(7) GDP_per

(8) prod

Slope (precision)

0.1732*** (4.92)

0.1330*** (3.03)

−0.0180 (−1.08)

−0.0154 (−0.33)

Constant (bias)

1.0077 (1.49)

0.2784 (0.28)

1.7638*** (4.85)

3.2604*** (3.29)

Observations

182

285

398

30

Root MSE

3.522

7.334

4.078

2.918

 

(9) dev_ing

(10) dev_ed

(11) dev_both

(12) panel

Slope (precision)

0.1034*** (2.79)

0.3995*** (10.89)

−0.0068 (−0.18)

0.0136 (0.55)

Constant (bias)

−0.1816 (−0.29)

−1.5177*** (−2.80)

2.0891* (1.74)

2.0862*** (3.47)

Observations

321

170

222

542

Root MSE

4.781

3.084

7.420

6.378

 

(13) time

(14) cross

(15) pub_year1

(16) pub_year2

Slope (precision)

0.0602** (2.37)

0.4506*** (3.35)

0.0945** (2.19)

0.0087 (0.55)

Constant (bias)

0.5682* (1.83)

−2.9466* (−1.90)

0.7069 (0.78)

1.5966*** (4.38)

Observations

153

18

338

375

Root MSE

2.248

0.9653

6.994

4.077

  1. T-statistics in parentheses. Dependent variable is Fisher's z.
  2. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.10.