Net contributions in the EU, g and the former east block

Seeing that countries vary wildly in how much they contribute to the EU, and vary somewhat in g in Europe, it seems worth checking if it there was a correlation.

The EU reports every year how much every EU member contributed (positive or negative). The latest numbers are from 2012, which can be found here (danish): http://www.eu-oplysningen.dk/spsv/off/alle/117_90/

Input data: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AoYWmgpqFzdsdHFLRnZza0JJQ01QVzQ3YVdiVlpzc2c&usp=drive_web#gid=0 Countries EU net benefit LV2012 IQs Former communist Austria -0.35 99 0 Belgium -0.39 99.3 0 Bulgaria 3.43 93.3 1 Cyprus -0.15 91.8 0 Czech Republic 2.14 98.9 1 Denmark -0.45 97.2 0 Estonia 4.84 99.7 1 Finland -0.34 100.9 0 France -0.4 98.1 0 Germany -0.44 98.8 0 Great Britain -0.39 99.1 0 Greece 2.33 93.2 0 Hungary 3.59 98.1 1 Ireland 0.5 94.9 0 Italy -0.33 96.1 0 Latvia 4.29 95.9 1 Lithuania 4.82 94.3 1 Malta 1.14 95.3 0 Netherlands -0.39 100.4 0 Poland 3.3 96.1 1 Portugal 3.12 94.4 0 Romania 1.56 91 1 Slovakia 2.28 98 1 Slovenia 1.64 97.6 1 Spain 0.39 96.6 0 Sweden -0.46 98.6 0 SPSS:

There is a correlation of -.3, but its not significant in MR. The effect of east block is, however, very large.

The correlation of -.3 is reduced due to restriction of range. However, it seems that no one has actually calculated the entire global deviation for IQ, so I cant use formulas to correct for restriction. (see here: http://www.uk.sagepub.com/salkind2study/articles/10Article01.pdf)

Basically, what correcting for restriction wud give us, is the correlation between LV's national IQ's and EU net contribution IF every country in the world was in the EU.