Table 4 Mediating effects of market share.

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

Variables

marketshare

TFP_LP

TFP_LP

Model 7

Model 8

Model 9

Model 10

Model 11

Model 12

target

0.2358***

0.1690***

  

0.0467***

0.0143***

(0.0062)

(0.0058)

  

(0.0027)

(0.0020)

target2

−0.0006***

−0.0002***

  

−0.0005***

−0.0002***

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

  

(0.0000)

(0.0000)

marketshare

  

0.2898***

0.1612***

0.2760***

0.1610***

  

(0.0032)

(0.0027)

(0.0035)

(0.0029)

roa

 

0.0265***

 

0.1288***

 

0.1287***

 

(0.0059)

 

(0.0037)

 

(0.0036)

lev

 

0.0103

 

−0.1515***

 

−0.1564***

 

(0.0315)

 

(0.0167)

 

(0.0167)

fixed

 

0.1197***

 

−0.1421***

 

−0.1553***

 

(0.0355)

 

(0.0203)

 

(0.0204)

size

 

0.5136***

 

0.4527***

 

0.4456***

 

(0.0109)

 

(0.0046)

 

(0.0047)

SOE

 

0.1561*

 

−0.1121***

 

−0.1086***

 

(0.0836)

 

(0.0273)

 

(0.0272)

export

 

0.1537***

 

0.0223*

 

0.0293**

 

(0.0244)

 

(0.0129)

 

(0.0130)

age

 

0.0072***

 

−0.0028***

 

−0.0028***

 

(0.0018)

 

(0.0006)

 

(0.0006)

Constant

0.4931***

−3.2470***

5.8207***

2.8269***

5.6980***

2.8468***

(0.1659)

(0.1701)

(0.0717)

(0.0617)

(0.0712)

(0.0616)

year

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

industry

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

province

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

N

21134

21334

21134

21134

21334

21134

R-sq

0.2309

0.3788

0.4407

0.7275

0.4567

0.7289

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