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Appendix
The constituent countries of the first sample are:

Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan,
Burundi, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Bahamas, Belize,
Brazil, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Bhutan, Central African
Republic, Canada, Switzerland, China, Cameroon, Congo,
Rep, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Dominica,
Denmark, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Egypt, Arab Rep., Spain,
Ethiopia, Finland, Fiji, France, Gabon, United Kingdom, Ghana,
Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala,
Guyana, Hong Kong SAR, China, India, Ireland, Iceland, Italy,
Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Cambodia, Korea, Rep.,
Kuwait, Lao PDR, Libya, St. Lucia, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg,
Latvia, Macao SAR, China, Morocco, Moldova, Madagascar,
Mexico, Macedonia, FYR, Mali, Malta, Myanmar, Mongolia,
Mozambique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Malaysia, Niger,
Nigeria, Netherlands, Norway, Nepal, New Zealand, Panama,
Peru, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Portugal, Paraguay, Qatar,
Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Senegal,
Singapore, El Salvador, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Swaziland, Seychelles, Syrian Arab Republic, Chad, Togo,

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Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Tanzania,
Uganda, Ukraine, United States, St. Vincent and the Grenadines,
Vietnam, Vanuatu, Samoa, Yemen, Rep., South Africa, Congo,
Dem. Rep. and Zambia.

The constituent countries of the second sample
are:

Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Burundi, Benin, Burkina
Faso, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Barbados, Bhutan, Central African
Republic, China, Cameroon, Colombia, Dominica, Dominican
Republic, Algeria, Egypt, Arab Rep., Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon,
Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Grenada, Guatemala,
Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Libya, St.
Lucia, Sri Lanka, Latvia, Morocco, Moldova, Madagascar, Mexico,
Macedonia, FYR, Mali, Mongolia, Mozambique, Mauritania,
Mauritius, Malawi, Malaysia, Niger, Nigeria, Nepal, Panama, Peru,
Philippines, Paraguay, Qatar, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saudi
Arabia, Sudan, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Syrian Arab Republic,
Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia,
Tanzania, Uganda, Ukraine, St. Vincent and the Grenadines,
Vietnam, Vanuatu, Samoa, Yemen, Rep., Congo, Dem. Rep. and
Zambia.