Table 3 Placebo tests of the IFEct estimator.

From: Leaving messages as coproduction: impact of government COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions on citizens’ online participation in China

 

Placebo tests

TOST test

t-test

p-value

0.000

0.177

Local COVID-19 severity variables

Y

Y

City-fixed effects

Y

Y

Date-fixed effects

Y

Y

Number of cities

323

323

Number of treated cities

148

148

Number of control cities

175

175