Table 6 Robustness check: excluding the extreme values of the dependent variable.

From: Political official turnover and environmental governance: who is more influential on local air pollution in China

 

Model 1

(Mayoral turnover)

Model 2

(Party secretary turnover)

 

Coefficient

Robust s.e

Coefficient

Robust s.e

Mayor

2.147***

0.652

  

Partysecrt

  

0.588

0.598

Wind

−5.978***

0.728

−5.966***

0.731

Temp

−0.757***

0.119

−0.763***

0.119

Rain

−0.029***

0.002

−0.029***

0.002

Pgdp

−12.89**

4.311

−16.39***

4.417

Density

−0.060***

0.017

−0.063***

0.017

Employee

0.446***

0.133

0.477***

0.141

Firmscale

0.008**

0.003

0.008**

0.003

Constant

209.3***

47.60

246.4***

48.82

Month FE

Yes

 

Yes

 

City FE

Yes

 

Yes

 

Official FE

Yes

 

Yes

 
  1. ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01. Robust standard errors in parentheses; robust standard errors are clustered at the city level.
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