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Table 5 ARDL estimation results for the effects of public debt on economic growth

From: Uganda’s experience with debt and economic growth: an empirical analysis of the effect of public debt on economic growth—1980–2016

Variable

Coefficient

Std. Error

t-statistic

Prob.

GDP(-1)

− 0.339797

0.168359

− 2.018292

0.0665

GDP(-2)

− 0.413285

0.159785

− 2.586499

0.0238

K_FM

0.280336

0.211622

1.324701

0.2099

DEBT_X

0.175702

0.067054

2.620317

0.0224

DEBT_X(-1)

− 0.368388

0.064249

− 5.73378

0.0001

DEBT_X(-2)

0.075324

0.05066

1.486865

0.1628

DEBT_G

− 0.002437

0.010926

− 0.223078

0.8272

DEBT_G(-1)

0.033349

0.011422

2.919792

0.0128

DEBT_G(-2)

0.010767

0.010746

1.001917

0.3362

HC

− 0.033936

0.262736

− 0.129163

0.8994

HC(-1)

− 0.26643

0.315824

− 0.843603

0.4154

HC(-2)

− 0.419126

0.255302

− 1.641684

0.1266

INF

− 0.081963

0.023634

− 3.468031

0.0046

INF(-1)

0.087399

0.021436

4.077226

0.0015

POPN

− 36.92111

15.0362

− 2.455482

0.0303

POPN(-1)

52.46615

13.93491

3.765089

0.0027

RIR

− 0.071603

0.066832

− 1.071394

0.3051

RIR(-1)

0.175266

0.050256

3.487462

0.0045

RIR(-2)

− 0.036471

0.03601

− 1.012791

0.3311

TRADE_O

0.609176

0.160858

3.787053

0.0026

TRADE_O(-1)

− 0.697222

0.177752

− 3.92245

0.002

TRADE_O(-2)

0.257874

0.137533

1.874992

0.0853

C

− 39.94619

21.318

− 1.873825

0.0855