Governance: A Source to Increase Tax Revenue in Pakistan

Table 1

Variable and data sources.

Variable representation	Variable construction	Variable names	Data source	Sample period
lnTAXREVt	ln (tax revenue/ GDP)	Tax revenue as a share of GDP	[2]	1976–2019
lnCPIt	ln (CPI)	Consumer price index	[10]	1976–2019
lnINDVAt	ln (INDVA/ GDP)	Industrial value-added as share of GDP	[10]	1976–2019
GSTABt	Index of government stability	Government stability	[9]	1976–2019
LOAt	Index of law and order	Law and order	[9]	1976–2019
ICONFt	Index of internal conflict	Internal conflict	[9]	1976–2019
ECONFt	Index of external conflict	External conflict	[9]	1976–2019