Variables in irs_data_update.mat  

data  
column 1: country number
column 2: date
column 3: real GDP per capita, log-deviation from linear trend. 
column 4: real investment per capita, log-deviation from linear trend. 
column 5: trade balance-to-GDP ratio, in deviations from mean.
column 6: U.S. real interest rate,  annualized,  deviation from mean,  in percent (0.01=1%). 
column 7: Country  interest rate, annualized,   deviation from mean,  in percent (0.01=1%). 

country
column 1: list of countries

level_rus_r
column 1: country number
column 2: date
column 3: real country interest rate, annualized, percent (0.01=1%)
column 4: real U.S. interest rate,  annualized, percent (0.01=1%)
Note. The U.S. real interest rate is computed as the difference between the 3-month Tbill rate and average inflation over the past 4 quarters. 
Inflation is measured using the U.S. GDP deflator. The 3-month T-bill rate is the average rate over the quarter. 
In Uribe and Yue, by contrast, the interest rate is measured as the rate at the beginning of the quarter. 


long_rus
column 1: date
column 2: real U.S. interest rate,  annualized, percent (0.01=1%)

Sources:

NIPA data (output, investment, trade-balance-to-GDP ratio): USG, chapter 1, file Data_q_1101.xls

Country Interest rate: J.P. Morgan, EMBI

Real U.S. Interest rate:  Own calculations based on data on 3-month TB interest rate and GDP deflator from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Sample
Argentina: from 1994 to 2012.75
Brazil: from 1994.25 to 2012.75
Bulgaria: from 1994.5 to 2012.75
Chile: from 1999.25 to 2012.75
Colombia: from 1997 to 2012.75
Ecuador: from 1995 to 2012.75
Hungary: from 1999 to 2012.75
Korea, Rep.: from 1994 to 2004
Malaysia: from 1996.75 to 2012.75
Mexico: from 1994 to 2012.75
Peru: from 1997 to 2012.75
South Africa: from 1994.75 to 2012.75
Thailand: from 1997.25 to 2006
Turkey: from 1996.25 to 2012.75
Uruguay: from 2001.25 to 2012.75