Table 7 CS-ARDL test results.

From: Linking governance with environmental quality: a global perspective

 

(1) Full panel

(2) HIC

(3) UMIC

(4) LMIC

(5) LIC

Variables

Coefficient

p-value

Coefficient

p-value

Coefficient

p-value

Coefficient

p-value

Coefficient

p-value

Short-run effects

 ΔCO2t−1

0.728***

0.000

0.917***

0.000

0.699***

0.005

0.826***

0.000

−0.868***

0.000

 ΔCGI

−0.179

0.225

−0.565

0.186

−0.198

0.410

−0.069

0.735

0.150

0.337

 ΔEGY

0.328*

0.075

0.717***

0.004

0.522***

0.000

0.191***

0.000

0.229***

0.000

 ΔEG

0.021***

0.001

−0.035

0.260

0.047*

0.081

0.061*

0.087

0.023***

0.003

 ΔFDI

−0.172***

0.000

−0.602***

0.000

−0.508

0.420

−0.966

0.413

−0.981

0.279

 ΔHDI

−0.746*

0.056

−0.248***

0.008

-0.194

0.575

−0.211

0.899

-0.558

0.620

 ΔPGR

0.359***

0.000

0.460***

0.000

0.355

0.422

0.279

0.575

0.318

0.555

 ΔTOP

0.043

0.124

0.018***

0.000

0.037

0.845

0.033

0.310

0.275

0.320

 ΔURB

0.462***

0.000

0.977

0.384

0.251

0.145

0.399

0.286

0.147**

0.031

 ECT

−0.992***

0.000

−0.917***

0.000

−0.891***

0.000

−0.826***

0.000

−0.868***

0.000

Long-run effects

 CGI

−0.678***

0.000

−0.338***

0.000

−0.245***

0.000

−0.104***

0.000

−0.097***

0.000

 EGY

0.741***

0.000

0.312***

0.000

0.227***

0.000

0.113***

0.008

0.100***

0.000

 EG

0.213***

0.000

−0.016***

0.000

0.039***

0.000

0.124***

0.000

0.201***

0.000

 FDI

−0.398**

0.047

−0.775***

0.000

−0.516***

0.000

−0.356**

0.017

−0.804***

0.000

 HDI

−0.615***

0.000

−0.780**

0.033

−0.604***

0.000

−0.219***

0.000

−0.199***

0.000

 PGR

0.154***

0.000

0.274*

0.084

0.418***

0.000

0.309***

0.000

0.113***

0.000

 TOP

0.085

0.837

0.068

0.396

0.047***

0.000

0.033***

0.000

0.010***

0.000

 URB

0.467***

0.000

0.853***

0.009

0.569***

0.000

0.266***

0.000

0.094***

0.000

Diagnostic checks

 Normality test

1.19

0.310

0.87

0.525

1.07

0.378

1.65

0.275

1.32

0.398

 F-statistics

4.42***

0.000

4.38***

0.000

5.13***

0.000

3.55***

0.000

4.83***

0.000

 CD-statistics

1.83

0.445

1.14

0.476

0.994

0.510

0.15

0.880

0.65

0.517

 Adjusted R-squared

0.47

 

0.46

 

0.52

 

0.42

 

0.81

 

 Observations

3960

 

1518

 

1034

 

814

 

615

 

 Groups

180

 

69

 

47

 

37

 

28

 

 Abs/group

22

 

22

 

22

 

22

 

22

 
  1. ***, **, and * indicate significance at 1%, 5%, and 10%, respectively. Observations are adjusted after lag of the dependent variables.