Table 10 Regression results of the mechanism test for the scale effect.

From: The impact of smart city construction (SCC) on pollution emissions (PE): evidence from China

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

\(lnpeo/gy1\)

\(VSD\)

\(lnEFD\)

\(lnso2\)

Panel A:\(lnpeo\)

\(lnpeo\)

 

0.751**

0.119

0.230***

  

(2.76)

(1.91)

(3.56)

\(SCCdid\)

0.0261*

 − 1.044***

 − 0.191***

 − 0.0932*

 

(2.25)

(− 5.39)

(− 4.29)

(− 2.03)

\(cons\)

12.59***

 − 3.811

8.101***

7.401***

 

(3325.90)

(− 1.11)

(10.29)

(9.12)

\({R}^{2}\)

0.9270

0.7378

0.6885

0.7827

Panel B:\(gy1\)

\(gy1\)

 

 − 0.534***

 − 0.0579***

 − 0.130***

  

(− 16.55)

(− 7.09)

(− 11.38)

\(SCCdid\)

0.375***

 − 1.539***

 − 0.193***

 − 0.0642

 

(4.22)

(− 8.72)

(− 4.32)

(− 1.03)

\(Control\)

\(TRUE\)

\(TRUE\)

\(TRUE\)

\(TRUE\)

\(YearFE\)

\(TRUE\)

\(TRUE\)

\(TRUE\)

\(TRUE\)

\(City FE\)

\(TRUE\)

\(TRUE\)

\(TRUE\)

\(TRUE\)

\(N\)

3989

3989

3989

3988

\({R}^{2}\)

0.8283

0.7407

0.6270

0.5184

  1. The values in parentheses refer to the t-values of the regression coefficients; ***, **, and * refer to the significance levels of 1%, 5%, and10%, respectively.