Table 3 Results of Driscoll Kray standard error panel regression.

From: FDI, industrialisation and environmental quality in SSA—the role of institutional quality towards environmental sustainability

VARIABLES

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Foreign direct investment (FDI)

0.008**

  

0.007**

0.007*

 

0.007*

 

(0.004)

  

(0.003)

(0.003)

 

(0.003)

Industrialisation (INDS)

 

0.002**

 

0.002***

 

0.002**

0.002**

  

(0.001)

 

(0.001)

 

(0.001)

(0.001)

Institutional quality (INSQY)

  

−0.037*

−0.037**

−0.029**

−0.032*

−0.026**

   

(0.019)

(0.018)

(0.016)

(0.016)

(0.014)

Energy consumption

0.240***

0.245***

0.249***

0.240***

0.246***

0.249***

0.246***

 

(0.039)

(0.038)

(0.038)

(0.039)

(0.038)

(0.036)

(0.037)

Urban population

0.414***

0.411***

0.292*

0.321*

0.287*

0.279

0.276

 

(0.142)

(0.144)

(0.163)

(0.162)

(0.161)

(0.164)

(0.162)

Economic growth

1.728***

1.914***

2.049***

1.851***

1.838***

2.136***

1.927***

 

(0.247)

(0.283)

(0.305)

(0.268)

(0.296)

(0.304)

(0.293)

Economic growth square

−0.088***

−0.102***

−0.105***

−0.091***

−0.089***

−0.111***

−0.095***

 

(0.018)

(0.021)

(0.021)

(0.018)

(0.019)

(0.021)

(0.019)

FDI × INSQY

    

−0.003**

 

−0.002**

     

(0.001)

 

(0.001)

INDS × INSQY

     

−0.002***

−0.002***

      

(0.000)

(0.000)

Constant

−17.866***

−18.618***

−19.070***

−18.246***

−18.309***

−19.355***

−18.588***

 

(0.782)

(0.871)

(0.745)

(0.719)

(0.699)

(0.880)

(0.851)

Observations

944

944

944

944

944

944

944

Number of groups

45

45

45

45

45

45

45

  1. Note: This table reports the results of the estimation equation; standard errors are in parentheses; *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1.