Table 10 Regression results of the MMQR model.

From: Does larger scale enhance carbon efficiency? Assessing the impact of corporate size on manufacturing carbon emission efficiency

Variable

location

scale

Quantiles

Q0.1

Q0.2

Q0.3

Q0.4

Q0.5

Q0.6

Q0.7

Q0.8

Q0.9

lnCS

0.1321*** (5.21)

−0.0170 (−1.15)

0.1592*** (4.40)

0.1510*** (4.81)

0.1441*** (5.10)

0.1383*** (5.23)

0.1314*** (5.18)

0.1246*** (4.86)

0.1198*** (4.49)

0.1140*** (3.98)

0.1061*** (3.27)

lnEE

−0.0085 (−0.32)

0.0213 (1.35)

−0.0425 (−1.11)

−0.0321 (−0.97)

−0.0235 (−0.79)

−0.0163 (−0.58)

−0.0076 (−0.28)

0.0008 (0.03)

0.0069 (0.24)

0.0141 (0.46)

0.0240 (0.70)

lnPS

0.0003 (0.03)

0.0023 (0.41)

−0.0034 (−0.25)

−0.0023 (−0.19)

−0.0014 (−0.13)

−0.0006 (−0.06)

0.0004 (0.04)

0.0013 (0.13)

0.0019 (0.19)

0.0027 (0.25)

0.0038 (0.31)

lnMC

0.1874*** (2.72)

0.0579 (1.43)

0.0951 (0.97)

0.1232 (1.44)

0.1466* (1.90)

0.1662** (2.31)

0.1898*** (2.75)

0.2129*** (3.05)

0.2292*** (3.16)

0.2488*** (3.19)

0.2757*** (3.13)

Constant

−0.7724*** (−9.30)

−0.0072 (−0.15)

−0.7609*** (−6.42)

−0.7644*** (−7.43)

−0.7673*** (−8.29)

−0.7698*** (−8.90)

−0.7727*** (−9.32)

−0.7756*** (−9.24)

−0.7776*** (−8.90)

−0.7800*** (−8.31)

−0.7833*** (−7.36)

N

290

290

290

290

290

290

290

290

290

290

290

  1. Note: *, **, and *** indicate that the significance test has been passed at the 10%, 5%, and 1% levels respectively.