Table 7 Granger causality test results.

From: ESG uncertainty, investor attention and stock price crash risk in China: evidence from PVAR model analysis

Variable

Null hypotheses

Chi2

df

P-value

Result

D (Uncertainty)

NCSKEW is not a Granger cause of Uncertainty

0.711

1

0.399

Not Rejected

Attention is not a Granger cause of Uncertainty

176.969

1

0.000

Reject

D (NCSKEW)

Uncertainty is not a Granger cause of NCSKEW

0.391

1

0.532

Not Rejected

Attention is not a Granger cause of NCSKEW

6.058

1

0.014

Reject

D (Attention)

Uncertainty is not a Granger cause of Attention

58.428

1

0.000

Reject

NCSKEW is not a Granger cause of Attention

114.461

1

0.000

Reject