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Table 1 Variable definition

From: Impact of the COVID-19 on foreign direct investment inflows in emerging economies: evidence from panel quantile regression

Variable

Definition

Database

FDI

Foreign direct investments net inflow (Million US dollars)

OECD [48] https://data.oecd.org

WPUI

World pandemic uncertainty index

Ahir et al. [2] and WPUI [63]

GDP

Gross domestic product (2015 = 100) (Million US dollars)

OECD [48] https://data.oecd.org

EXC

Exchange rates

OECD [48] https://data.oecd.org