Table 5 PSM balance tests.

From: Can carbon emission trading policies promote the withdrawal of government subsidies and the green development of enterprises? Empirical evidence from China’s A-share market

Covariates

Mean

Std.Dev. (%)

Reduction in Std.Dev. (%)

t value

t test (P > T)

Experimental group

Control group

Dependent variable: GS

Gro

BM

1.167

1.446

−4.2

94.2

−0.88

0.386

AM

1.167

1.183

−0.2

−0.37

0.720

Ld

BM

25.399

25.677

48.4

99.6

13.76

0.001

AM

25.399

25.423

−0.1

−0.03

0.980

Rar

BM

19.233

757.061

−2.8

99.9

−0.58

0.564

AM

19.233

19.940

−0.1

−0.16

0.877

Opencf

BM

1.281

124.910

−2.2

99.9

−0.45

0.650

AM

1.281

1.450

−0.0

−0.26

0.798

Size

BM

22.320

22.091

9.7

93.4

5.150

0.000

AM

22.319

22.187

−0.6

−0.331

0.741

Noe

BM

7.854

7.712

9.7

92.7

6.780

0.000

AM

7.843

7.854

−1.8

−0.491

0.623

Age

BM

2.891

2.861

9.7

81.8

5.140

0.000

AM

2.887

2.893

−1.9

−0.940

0.348

Dependent variable: ROA

Assert

BM

0.819

0.819

−0.1

−319.1

−0.041

0.969

AM

0.819

0.820

−0.4

−0.200

0.843

Gro

BM

1.170

1.447

−4.2

94.6

−0.86

0.389

AM

1.173

1.180

0.2

0.46

0.645

Ld

BM

25.503

15.680

48.8

97.4

13.91

0.000

AM

23.705

23.946

−1.3

−0.25

0.805

Rar

BM

19.236

756.590

−2.8

99.9

−0.58

0.564

AM

19.918

23.964

0.0

0.11

0.910

Size

BM

22.560

22.194

9.5

93.3

5.141

0.000

AM

22.499

22.524

−0.6

−0.219

0.744

Noe

BM

7.622

7.596

7.5

93.4

5.166

0.000

AM

7.618

7.614

1.2

−0.433

0.640

Age

BM

2.067

2.208

10.4

83.9

5.430

0.000

AM

2.871

2.109

−2.1

−0.156

0.121

  1. BM and AM represent Before Matching and After Matching, respectively.