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Table 1 The log t convergence test

From: Convergence and determinants of health expenditures in OECD countries

Group

Countries

“log t” test

Average annual growth rate

  

Coef. (γ)

t-stat

 

1

Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Turkey, Iceland, Ireland, Spain, United States

-0.072

-1.010

***0.079

2

Austria, Belgium, Japan, United Kingdom

***1.969

8.477

***0.069

3

Australia, Canada, Finland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Denmark, Germany, New Zealand, Sweden

0.031

0.224

***0.058

 

All countries

***-1.846

-64.332

***0.068

  1. Note: ***, **, and * refers to 1%, 5% and 10% significant level, respectively