1 Changes from previous version

  • Added real GDP to final coverage regression
  • Added region dummies to the final coverage regression

2 Coverage regressions

Dependent variable:
coverage
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
pre_coverage 1.147*** 1.055*** 1.105*** 0.955*** 1.018*** 0.784*** 0.830*** 0.645*** 0.590***
(0.117) (0.114) (0.119) (0.123) (0.124) (0.132) (0.144) (0.143) (0.118)
rGDPg2020 -0.010** -0.009** -0.006 -0.006
(0.005) (0.004) (0.004) (0.004)
log_deaths 0.032** 0.026* 0.010 0.027
(0.015) (0.015) (0.014) (0.017)
dig_id 0.184*** 0.159**
(0.068) (0.072)
dig_reg 0.244*** 0.239*** 0.255*** 0.173**
(0.063) (0.066) (0.058) (0.070)
eap 0.179** 0.253***
(0.084) (0.087)
log_gdp 0.044
(0.034)
regionECA -0.044
(0.069)
regionLAC 0.066
(0.075)
regionMENA -0.089
(0.075)
regionSAR 0.044
(0.105)
regionSSA
Constant 0.131*** 0.112*** 0.025 0.010 -0.044 0.052** 0.030 0.040* -0.382
(0.028) (0.026) (0.051) (0.042) (0.049) (0.024) (0.045) (0.021) (0.244)
Observations 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 82
R2 0.506 0.533 0.546 0.569 0.572 0.642 0.637 0.679 0.727
Adjusted R2 0.499 0.521 0.535 0.553 0.556 0.628 0.623 0.662 0.693
Residual Std. Error 0.224 (df = 81) 0.219 (df = 80) 0.216 (df = 80) 0.211 (df = 79) 0.211 (df = 79) 0.193 (df = 79) 0.194 (df = 79) 0.184 (df = 78) 0.175 (df = 72)
F Statistic 82.817*** (df = 1; 81) 45.589*** (df = 2; 80) 48.158*** (df = 2; 80) 34.817*** (df = 3; 79) 35.259*** (df = 3; 79) 47.176*** (df = 3; 79) 46.173*** (df = 3; 79) 41.201*** (df = 4; 78) 21.271*** (df = 9; 72)
Note: p<0.1; p<0.05; p<0.01

3 Spending regressions

Dependent variable:
coverage
(1) (2) (3) (4)
pre_spending 0.116*** 0.079*** 0.110*** 0.052
(0.027) (0.027) (0.040) (0.032)
expansion 0.993*** 1.021***
(0.092) (0.088)
non_ct_spending 0.538 2.233
(1.954) (1.437)
Constant 0.284*** 0.116*** 0.276*** 0.078**
(0.042) (0.032) (0.048) (0.031)
Observations 61 60 61 60
R2 0.161 0.666 0.162 0.683
Adjusted R2 0.146 0.655 0.133 0.666
Residual Std. Error 0.280 (df = 59) 0.178 (df = 57) 0.282 (df = 58) 0.175 (df = 56)
F Statistic 11.287*** (df = 1; 59) 56.917*** (df = 2; 57) 5.589*** (df = 2; 58) 40.285*** (df = 3; 56)
Note: p<0.1; p<0.05; p<0.01