Table 4 Heterogeneity test based on geographical location.

From: Driving effect of government environmental protection expenditure on green technology from the perspective of fiscal transparency

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Variables

Eastern region

Central region

Western region

Northeastern region

\(\mathrm{ln}{envi}\)

0.425***

(3.70)

0.323

(1.26)

0.246

(1.12)

0.198

(0.73)

\(\mathrm{ln}{fiscal}\)

0.331

(1.19)

0.279

(1.50)

0.269

(1.02)

0.245

(1.38)

\(\mathrm{ln}{envi}* \mathrm{ln}{fiscal}\)

1.089***

(3.22)

0.781***

(2.66)

0.310***

(2.71)

0.165

(1.48)

Control variable

YES

YES

YES

YES

City effect

YES

YES

YES

YES

Year effect

YES

YES

YES

YES

Observations

581

532

434

231

R-squared

0.633

0.650

0.561

0.542

  1. Note: t-values are in brackets, ***, **, and * indicate significant at 1%, 5%, and 10% levels, respectively.