Table 11 Regression results of the mechanism test for the structural effect.

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

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

\(AGG3\)/\(AGG2\)

\(VSD\)

\(lnEFD\)

\(lnso2\)

Panel A:\(AGG3\)

\(AGG3\)

 

 − 3.290***

 − 1.560***

 − 3.552***

 

(− 5.94)

(− 11.47)

(− 18.79)

\(SCCdid\)

0.0217***

 − 2.612***

 − 0.407***

 − 0.577***

(4.77)

(− 16.82)

(− 10.67)

(− 10.89)

\(cons\)

0.812***

8.660***

10.92***

13.29***

(461.91)

(19.08)

(98.08)

(85.84)

\({R}^{2}\)

0.5105

0.6886

0.6149

0.6149

Panel B:\(AGG2\)

\(AGG2\)

 

3.978***

1.160***

2.674***

 

(13.62)

(16.13)

(27.60)

\(SCCdid\)

 − 0.293***

 − 1.519***

 − 0.101*

0.129*

(− 34.60)

(− 8.71)

(− 2.36)

(2.23)

\(Control\)

\(TRUE\)

\(TRUE\)

\(TRUE\)

\(TRUE\)

\(YearFE\)

\(TRUE\)

\(TRUE\)

\(TRUE\)

\(TRUE\)

\(City FE\)

\(TRUE\)

\(TRUE\)

\(TRUE\)

\(TRUE\)

\(N\)

3990

3990

3990

3989

\({R}^{2}\)

0.571

0.7372

0.6882

0.7821

  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.