Table 7 Impact mechanism test results of institutional transaction cost.

From: Does China’s innovation-driven policy affect enterprises’ import performance of intermediate goods?

Variable

PC

Import quantity of intermediate goods

Import variety of intermediate goods

Import quality of intermediate goods

Step 1

Step 2

\({T}_{{it}}\)

−0.0885*** (0.0242)

0.5454*** (0.0346)

0.0337*** (0.0346)

0.6525*** (0.0675)

\({D}_{{fit}}\)

 

0.1961*** (0.0412)

0.0185** (0.0142)

0.5052*** (0.0903)

PC

 

−0.1905*** (0.0269)

−0.0389* (0.0108)

−0.3704*** (0.0811)

Control variable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Firm fixed effect

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Year fixed effect

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Other interaction terms

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

N

78,705

70,462

58,040

70,029

R2

0.3840

0.147

0.012

0.138

  1. Note: As above.