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Table 8 Method of moments quantile regression baseline results dependent variable: real gdp (rgdp)

From: The effect of military spending on economic growth in MENA: evidence from method of moments quantile regression

Model 1

Location

Scale

Quantiles

0.05

0.10

0.25

0.50

0.75

0.90

MIL

0.296***

0.040**

0.217

0.255***

0.290***

0.318***

0.338***

0.355***

EMPL

0.367***

 − 0.008

0.382*

0.375***

0.368***

0.363***

0.359***

0.355***

CAPSTK

0.313***

 − 0.107***

0.524***

0.421***

0.331***

0.255***

0.203***

0.158**

POPGR

 − 0.028

0.081***

 − 0.189**

 − 0.111*

 − 0.041

0.016

0.056***

0.090***

FDI

 − 0.223***

0.094***

 − 0.408***

 − 0.318***

 − 0.239***

 − 0.173***

 − 0.127***

 − 0.087***

TROPEN

0.048

0.061**

 − 0.073

 − 0.014

0.038*

0.081***

0.111***

0.137***

CONS

  

16.048***

17.015***

17.873***

18.582***

19.077***

19.503***

Model 2

        

MIL_GDP

0.407***

0.082**

0.259***

0.284***

0.325***

0.405***

0.468***

0.551***

EMPL

0.386***

0.073***

0.254***

0.276***

0.313***

0.384***

0.440***

0.514***

CAPSTK

0.572***

 − 0.124***

0.795***

0.757***

0.695***

0.576***

0.481***

0.355***

POPGR

0.037***

0.005

0.027

0.029

0.032**

0.037***

0.041***

0.046***

FDI

 − 0.024***

 − 0.013***

 − 0.001

 − 0.005

 − 0.011

 − 0.024***

 − 0.033***

 − 0.046***

TROPEN

0.032

0.017

0.002

0.007

0.015

0.031

0.045

0.062

CONS

  

14.350***

14.980***

16.018***

18.029***

19.620***

21.730***

  1. ***, ** and * represent 1%, 5% and 10%, respectively
  2. RGDP, MIL, MIL_GDP, EMPL, POPGR, CAPSTK, FDI and TROPEN denote real gross domestic product (M’USD), military expenditure (M’USD), military burden, employment (M), population growth (%), capital stock at a constant price, 2017 (M'USD), foreign direct investment (%) and trade openness (%), respectively