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Table 4 ARDL bounds test outcomes

From: Do foreign aid triggers economic growth in Chad? A time series analysis

Model estimated

Optimal lag length

F-Statistics

\(\mathrm{GDP}=\mathrm{F}(\mathrm{ODA},\mathrm{ GCF},\mathrm{ IMP},\mathrm{ EXP},\mathrm{DUM})\)

(4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4)

18.166*

\(\mathrm{ODA}=\mathrm{F}(\mathrm{GDP},\mathrm{ GCF},\mathrm{ IMP},\mathrm{ EXP},\mathrm{ DUM})\)

(4, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4)

11.461*

\(\mathrm{GCF}=\mathrm{F}(\mathrm{ODA},\mathrm{ GDP},\mathrm{ IMP},\mathrm{ EXP},\mathrm{ DUM})\)

(1, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0)

12.298*

\(\mathrm{IMP}=\mathrm{F}(\mathrm{ODA},\mathrm{ GCF},\mathrm{ GDP},\mathrm{ EXP},\mathrm{ DUM})\)

(1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)

4.132**

\(\mathrm{EXP}=\mathrm{F}(\mathrm{ODA},\mathrm{ GCF},\mathrm{ GDP},\mathrm{ IMP},\mathrm{ DUM})\)

(3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2)

5.637*

Significant level

LB I(0)

UB I(1)

1% level

3.41

4.68

5% level

2.62

3.79

10% level

2.26

3.35

  1. 1% & 5% significance level represents * & **levels correspondingly. DUM mirrors the dummy variable. LB and UB represent lower and upper bound, respectively
  2. Source: Authors’ compilation