Research Article

Public Investments, Human Capital, and Political Stability: The Triptych of Economic Success

Table 7

Marginal contribution to based on the benchmark regression, 1990–2010.

RegressorsMarginal contribution to

Initial GDP per capita1.45%
Initial human capital8.62%
Public investments16.35%
Private investments4.91%
Government consumption4.26%

Total35.59%

Actual of the benchmark regression33.73%

Marginal contribution to is explained as the difference between the from benchmark equation and the from estimating with each regressor in the first column deleted in turn. Total is not exactly equal to the due to some possible intercorrelation among the regressors [6].