Table 9 Regression results of the robustness test.

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

Variables

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

L.lnMCEE

0.3084*** (8.50)

0.9609*** (139.74)

0.9037*** (−74.67)

0.6363*** (10.58)

lnCS

0.0263*** (4.47)

0.0235*** (6.66)

0.0103*** (−5.43)

0.0594*** (5.91)

lnEE

0.0849*** (6.93)

−0.0173*** (−6.91)

0.0111*** (−11.88)

−0.0140* (−1.69)

lnPS

0.0086*** (3.23)

−0.0074*** (−5.03)

0.0074*** (−3.24)

0.0043 (0.89)

lnMC

0.1155*** (5.23)

0.0550*** (3.91)

0.0074 (−0.72)

0.0513** (2.15)

Constant

−0.7975*** (−12.34)

−0.0189 (−1.55)

−0.1412*** (−7.58)

−0.2458*** (−7.66)

AR (1)

0.2764

0.0574

0.0821

0.2009

AR (2)

0.2990

0.2917

0.8258

0.1662

Sargan P

0.1667

0.2158

0.2131

0.1817

N

232

261

261

203

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