Table 2: Variable Definitions and Data Sources Variable Definition Source Annual per capita UNCTAD (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/) TOTALFDI foreign direct investment inflows, from all nations Annual per capita BEA (www.bea.gov/) USFDI foreign direct investment inflows from the US Annual per capita MOFCOM CHINESEFDI foreign direct (http://english.mofcom.gov.cn/) investment inflows from Freedom House index Freedom FHREP of civil liberties (http://www.freedomhouse.org/) CIRI index of physical CIRI Human Rights Data Project CIRIREP integrity rights (http://ciri.binghamton.edu/) Literacy rate of adult UNESCO LIT population (15+) Annual from Bank NATRES natural resources (http://data.worldbank.org/indicator) Annual percentage of World Bank TRADE imports and exports to (http://data.worldbank.org/indicator) GDP Annual inflation rate World Bank INFLA (http://data.worldbank.org/indicator) Private property rights Heritage Foundation POLRISK enforcement and quality of judiciary Ease of starting and Heritage Foundation BUSFREE operating private enterprises and burden of regulation Annual rate of growth World Bank EGROW of GDP (http://data.worldbank.org/indicator)
Table 2: Variable Definitions and Data Sources Variable Definition Source TOTALFDI Annual per capita foreign direct investment inflows, from all nations UNCTAD (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/) USFDI Annual per capita foreign direct investment inflows from the US BEA (www.bea.gov/) CHINESEFDI Annual per capita foreign direct investment inflows from MOFCOM (http://english.mofcom.gov.cn/) FHREP Freedom House index of civil liberties Freedom (http://www.freedomhouse.org/) CIRIREP CIRI index of physical integrity rights CIRI Human Rights Data Project (http://ciri.binghamton.edu/) LIT Literacy rate of adult population (15+) UNESCO NATRES Annual from natural resources Bank (http://data.worldbank.org/indicator) TRADE Annual percentage of imports and exports to GDP World Bank (http://data.worldbank.org/indicator) INFLA Annual inflation rate World Bank (http://data.worldbank.org/indicator) POLRISK Private property rights enforcement and quality of judiciary Heritage Foundation BUSFREE Ease of starting and operating private enterprises and burden of regulation Heritage Foundation EGROW Annual rate of growth of GDP World Bank (http://data.worldbank.org/indicator)
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