Table A1 PSM-DID balance test.

From: Green finance policy and corporate carbon emissions: advancing corporate sustainability

Variable

Unmatched/Matched

Mean

%Bias

t-values

p-values

Treated

Control

Growth

U

0.159

0.147

3.90

2.04

0.042

 

M

0.157

0.156

0.40

0.17

0.867

Fixed

U

0.234

0.253

−12.2

−6.28

0.000

 

M

0.235

0.235

0.30

0.15

0.884

Inv

U

0.132

0.135

−3.20

−1.66

0.096

 

M

0.132

0.130

1.90

0.87

0.383

Rec

U

0.131

0.115

16.4

8.54

0.000

 

M

0.129

0.128

0.20

0.09

0.929

Cashflow

U

0.054

0.051

6.00

3.13

0.002

 

M

0.054

0.053

1.60

0.7

0.486

Roa

U

0.046

0.042

6.40

3.36

0.001

 

M

0.045

0.046

−0.1

−0.06

0.956

Size

U

22.365

0.552

−14.7

−7.53

0.000

 

M

22.372

0.358

1.00

0.48

0.632

Lev

U

0.418

0.429

−5.70

−2.97

0.003

 

M

0.417

0.416

0.60

0.25

0.803

Ato

U

0.684

0.653

8.00

4.17

0.000

 

M

0.677

0.669

2.00

0.89

0.373