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Table 8 Supporting procedures

From: Fiscal rules, powerful levers for controlling the health budget? Evidence from 32 OECD countries

 

Inflation adjusted government health care expenditure in log

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

 

ER

BBR

 

FR

 

FR

0.09

−0.03*

−0.02

−0.03**

−0.03*

 

(0.05)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

FR×FR legal basis level 1

−0.17***

−0.06***

   
 

(0.04)

(0.02)

   

FR×FR legal basis level 2

0.17

0.04*

   
 

(0.09)

(0.02)

   

FR legal basis level 1

0.02

    
 

(0.07)

    

FR legal basis level 1

−0.29**

    
 

(0.10)

    

FR×ceiling

  

− 0.05***

  
   

(0.01)

  

FR×independent body setting

   

0.01

 
    

(0.02)

 

FR×independent monitoring

    

0.06

     

(0.06)

Independent monitoring

    

−0.07

     

(0.06)

Log GDP

0.73***

0.75***

0.75***

0.75***

0.76***

 

(0.05)

(0.06)

(0.06)

(0.06)

(0.06)

Log population

0.23

0.09

0.19

0.16

0.16

 

(0.12)

(0.12)

(0.12)

(0.12)

(0.12)

Log debt

−0.02

−0.02

−0.04**

−0.03**

−0.03**

 

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

Bailout

−0.06*

−0.03

− 0.04

−0.03

− 0.03

 

(0.02)

(0.02)

(0.02)

(0.02)

(0.02)

Constant

−12.95***

−11.32***

−12.86***

−12.35***

−12.39***

 

(2.02)

(2.00)

(2.00)

(2.02)

(2.02)

Country FE

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Year FE

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

717

717

717

717

717

adj. R2

0.997

0.997

0.997

0.997

0.997

  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001