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Table 2 Determinants of absolute nominal rate of assistance
| Variables | |NRA| | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | |
| GDP per capita | − 0.14814*** | − 0.13091*** | − 0.23558*** |
| (0.01356) | (0.01616) | (0.01156) | |
| Inflation | 0.00009*** | 0.00016*** | 0.00015*** |
| (0.00001) | (0.00001) | (0.00001) | |
| Public debt | 0.00088*** | 0.00116*** | 0.00098*** |
| (0.00012) | (0.00015) | (0.00010) | |
| Public debt squared | − 0.00001*** | − 0.00001*** | − 0.00000*** |
| (0.00000) | (0.00000) | (0.00000) | |
| Polity2 | − 0.00142*** | 0.00063 | − 0.00051 |
| (0.00039) | (0.00049) | (0.00032) | |
| % of Rural population | − 0.01344*** | −0.00354*** | − 0.00469*** |
| (0.00083) | (0.00099) | (0.00073) | |
| Land per capita | − 0.10229*** | − 0.03101 | − 0.12443*** |
| (0.01741) | (0.02097) | (0.01408) | |
| Mobile phone usage | − 0.00199*** | − 0.00139*** | |
| (0.00011) | (0.00013) | ||
| Internet connectivity | − 0.00464*** | 0.01203*** | |
| (0.00024) | (0.00039) | ||
| Mobile*Internet | − 0.00017*** | ||
| (0.00000) | |||
| Coffee | 0.05179*** | 0.04412*** | 0.04412*** |
| (0.00312) | (0.00369) | (0.00244) | |
| South America | − 0.31434*** | 0.17051** | 0.51257*** |
| (0.05632) | (0.07423) | (0.05018) | |
| Asia | − 0.03850*** | 0.07763*** | 0.12566*** |
| (0.01432) | (0.01729) | (0.01159) | |
| Constant | 2.08151*** | 1.07620*** | 1.77840*** |
| (0.12964) | (0.15022) | (0.11340) | |
| Total effect of mobile | − 0.00223*** | ||
| (0.00013) | |||
| Observations | 407 | 347 | 347 |
| R-squared | 0.36531 | 0.45428 | 0.47408 |
| Year FE | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Country FE | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Adjusted R-squared | 0.286 | 0.373 | 0.391 |
| Long run SE | 0.0196 | 0.0212 | 0.0140 |
| Bandwidth (neweywest) | 556.1 | 276.7 | 540 |
