Table 10 Robustness tests with the Causal Mediation Analysis.

From: Poison or catalyst? How do energy saving targets matter for firm-level productivity in China

Variables

marketshare

TFP_LP

Model 38

Model 39

target

0.2483***

0.0124***

(0.0044)

(0.0017)

target2

−0.0007***

−0.0002***

(0.0000)

(0.0000)

marketshare

 

0.1302***

 

(0.0036)

Control

YES

YES

Constant

−0.1733

2.1964***

(0.1133)

(0.0463)

year

YES

YES

industry

YES

YES

province

YES

YES

N

21334

21334

R-sq

0.2653

0.7388

ACME

0.0325 [0.0292–0.0358]

Direct Effect

0.0123 [0.0090–0.0157]

Total Effect

0.0447 [0.0404–0.0491]

% of Tot Eff mediated

0.7238 [0.6609–0.8028]

  1. Notes: Standard errors are in parentheses. * p < 0.1, ** p < 0.05, *** p < 0.01.