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Table 5 Relationship between the domestic economic activity and capital exports and imports

From: Openness and productivity of the Swiss economy

 

(I)

(II)

(III)

(IV)

(V)

(VI)

(VII)

(VIII)

(IX)

 

CIF

COD

Net flows

CIF

COD

Net flows

CIF

COD

Net flows

Constant

− 0.230

(−  0.810)

0.563*

(1.891)

0.333

(1.143)

− 0.157

(−  0.631)

0.257

(0.955)

0.101

(0.388)

0.005

(0.025)

− 0.001

(−  0.006)

0.004

(0.017)

GDP (q-o-q)

   

0.287

(0.983)

− 0.474

(− 1.494)

−  0.187

(−  0.610)

   

GDP (y-o-y)

0.118

(1.120)

− 0.289**

(− 2.615)

− 0.171

(− 1.581)

      

Output gap

      

0.147

(1.235)

 0.040

(− 0.305)

0.106

(0.855)

R2

0.022

0.107

0.042

0.017

0.038

0.007

0.026

0.002

0.013

No. of observations

59

59

59

59

59

59

59

59

59

  1. CIF gross capital inflows, COD gross capital outflows
  2. t statistics in parentheses. * and ** denote significance at the 10 and 5% level, respectively