Alin Mirestean and Charalambos G. Tsangarides, "Growth Determinants Revisited Using Limited-Information Bayesian Model Averaging", Journal of Applied Econometrics, Vol. 31, No. 1, 2016, pp. 106-132. The data used in this paper were drawn from various sources. Variable descriptions and sources are shown below. The dataset is available in both ascii and Excel form. mt-data.txt mt-data.xls The file mt-data.txt is an ASCII file in DOS format. It is zipped in the file mt-txt.zip. Unix/Linux users should use "unzip -a". The file mt-data.xls is an XLS file. It is zipped in the file mt-xls.zip. Unix/Linux users should not use the -a option. The data consist of 1603 rows and 36 columns. Variable names are listed in the first row. country Country name. Source: authors' calculations. ifscode IFS country code. Source: authors' calculations. panel Panel identifier. Source: authors' calculations. diffy Growth of real GDP per capita (2000 US dollars at PPP). Source: Penn World Table 6.2. lny0 Logarithm of initial real GDP per capita (2000 US dollars at PPP). Source: Penn World Table 6.2. lni2 Logarithm of real investment as ratio to GDP (2000 US dollars at PPP). Source: Penn World Table 6.2. lnpopgr Logarithm of annual population growth rate plus 0.05. Source: Penn World Table 6.2. ltoted2 Logarithm of total average stock of years of primary and secondary education. Source: Barro and Lee (2010). lfexp2 Life expectancy at birth (total) with filled in years. Source: World Development Indicators. lninfl Logarithm of one plus the inflation rate. Source: International Financial Statistics (IMF). lng2 Logarithm of real government consumption as ratio to GDP (2000 US dollars at PPP). Source: Penn World Table 6.2. d_debtgdp Debt categorical variable: classification based on percentiles of external debt as percentage of GDP (0 if unreported, 1 if below 25th, 2 if between 25th and 49th, 3 if between 50th and 74th, 4 if above75th). Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank) and authors' calculations. js_jspeg Dummy variable for a fixed exchange rate regime (peg=1). Source: Shambaugh (2004). lnindexpwt Logarithm of index of exchange rate over/undervaluation. Source: Penn World Table 6.2 and authors' calculations. relipr Relative investment price level (PI/PC) (2000 US dollars at PPP). Source: Penn World Table 6.2. open2 Exports plus Imports as share of GDP (2000 US dollars at PPP). Source: Penn World Table 6.2. totgr Terms of trade (goods and services) growth. Source: World Economic Outlook (IMF). aidgdp Foreign aid as percentage of GDP. Source: Global Development Finance. ehet2 Ethnic heterogeneity: sum of racial, linguistic, and religious division rescaled 0-1. Source: Sambanis (2001). elfo2 Index of ethnolinguistic fractionalization. Source: Sambanis (2001). war4 War prevalence. Source: Sambanis (2004); Doyle and Sambanis (2006). civil_liberty_new Civil Liberties: index ranging from 1 to 7 (1=highest degree of freedom). Source: Freedom House. polity2_new Polity index: aggregate index of autocracy and democracy. Source: Polity IV. polity2dif Annual change in the Polity index. Source: Polity IV. tropicar Percentage of land area in geographical tropics. Source: Gallup, Mellinger, Sachs (CID datasets). lland Logarithm of arable land per capita, hectares, average over five years. Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank). ssa Dummy variable for sub-Saharan Africa. Source: authors' calculations. advanced_sid2 Dummy variable for advanced economies. Source: authors' calculations. panel1970 Dummy variable for panel 1970 (panel1970=1 if year>1965 & year<=1970). Source: authors' calculations. panel1975 Dummy variable for panel 1975 (panel1975=1 if year>1970 & year<=1975). Source: authors' calculations. panel1980 Dummy variable for panel 1980 (panel1980=1 if year>1975 & year<=1980). Source: authors' calculations. panel1985 Dummy variable for panel 1985 (panel1985=1 if year>1980 & year<=1985). Source: authors' calculations. panel1990 Dummy variable for panel 1990 (panel1990=1 if year>1985 & year<=1990). Source: authors' calculations. panel1995 Dummy variable for panel 1995 (panel1995=1 if year>1990 & year<=1995). Source: authors' calculations. panel2000 Dummy variable for panel 2000 (panel2000=1 if year>1995 & year<=2000). Source: authors' calculations. panel2005 Dummy variable for panel 2005 (panel2005=1 if year>2000 & year<=2005). Source: authors' calculations. Please address any questions to Charalambos G. Tsangarides Ctsangarides [AT] imf.org