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Yale Center for the Study of Globalization<br />

Table 12.6: Difference-in-Difference Estimates of the Effect of Electoral<br />

Competition on Black Market Premium (Panel of 5-year averages, 1960/64 –<br />

2005/09)<br />

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)<br />

VARIABLES Log BMP Log BMP Log BMP Log BMP Log BMP<br />

Maximum<br />

Sample<br />

Largest Common Sample<br />

Electoral Comp (t-1) -3.135*** -6.034*** -5.622*** -5.752*** -5.886***<br />

(0.990) (1.275) (1.484) (1.461) (1.487)<br />

Neibrs Elect Comp (t-2) -2.270** -2.307** -2.378**<br />

(0.942) (0.937) (0.911)<br />

Civil War dummy (t-1) 0.245 0.247 -0.346<br />

(1.742) (1.692) (1.492)<br />

Under IMF dum (t-1) 0.608 0.145<br />

(0.877) (0.989)<br />

Trd Shr Ore/Metal (t-1) -0.0407<br />

(0.0923)<br />

Trade Shr Fuels (t-1) -0.0159<br />

(0.0271)<br />

Dependency ratio (t-1) 31.94<br />

(40.95)<br />

Time trend -1.591*** -1.311** -0.693 -0.698 -0.395<br />

(0.197) (0.498) (0.424) (0.418) (0.403)<br />

Constant 13.07*** 12.26*** 15.18*** 14.97*** -1.242<br />

(1.081) (3.265) (3.795) (3.772) (23.23)<br />

Observations 139 53 53 53 53<br />

R-squared 0.643 0.812 0.871 0.872 0.875<br />

Country Fixed Effects Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes<br />

Number of Countries 29 21 21 21 21<br />

Notes: Robust standard errors in parentheses. *** p

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