Table 5 Results of PSM-DID test.

From: Has the establishment of green finance reform and innovation pilot zones improved air quality? Evidence from China

Variables

AQI

One-to-one nearest-neighbor matching (1)

One-to-one nearest-neighbor matching (2)

The kernel density matching (3)

The kernel density matching (4)

the establishment of GFRIs

−5.8209***

(−3.8246)

−4.1947***

(−2.6270)

−6.0348***

(−3.3702)

−4.8378***

(−3.0843)

Control variables

N

Y

N

Y

Fixed effect

Y

Y

Y

Y

Obs

749

749

6491

6491

R2

0.5007

0.5757

0.3824

0.5356

  1. *** indicates significance level at 1%.