Table 4 Variable assignment and calibration results.

From: Factors influencing environmental inspection legislation: evidence from China

Provincial-level region

Y = Local environmental inspection legislation

X1 = Political pressure from the central government

X2 = The legislative stock for supervising administrative enforcement

X3 = The share of the secondary sector

X4 = Resource allocation for environmental enforcement

X5 = Public demand for environmental quality

Yunnan

1

0.35

1

0.31

0.42

0.15

Henan

0.4

0.99

0.2

0.76

0.81

0.32

Jiangsu

0.8

0.35

0.4

0.89

0.91

0.92

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

0.4

0.14

0.4

0.26

0.1

0.06

Zhejiang

0.8

0.35

1

0.78

0.64

0.83

Jiangxi

0.4

0.35

1

0.88

0.57

0.45

Gansu

0.8

0.35

0.8

0.27

0.15

0.01

Shandong

1

0.84

0.8

0.62

0.8

0.64

Tibet Autonomous Region

0.4

0.05

0.8

0.49

0.03

0.19

Chongqing

1

0.08

0.8

0.61

0.43

0.67

Hebei

1

0.03

0.8

0.54

0.98

0.13

Shanghai

0.4

0.501

0.4

0.09

0.57

0.97

Liaoning

0.6

0.75

0.6

0.49

0.12

0.51

Fujian

0.4

0.63

0.6

0.95

0.28

0.85

Qinghai

0.4

0.05

0.4

0.63

0.07

0.21

Sichuan

0.8

0.501

0.8

0.41

0.71

0.501

Tianjin

0.8

0.35

0.4

0.37

0.11

0.83

Jilin

1

0.501

1

0.44

0.2

0.13

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

0.6

0.94

0.8

0.81

0.32

0.67

Hunan

0.6

0.84

0

0.49

0.59

0.53

Guizhou

0.6

0.35

0.4

0.35

0.3

0.07

Shanxi

1

0.75

0.2

0.96

0.61

0.36

Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

0.6

0.501

0.8

0.47

0.1

0.43

Anhui

0.6

0.75

0.8

0.68

0.65

0.52

Beijing

0.2

0.35

0.4

0.01

0.89

0.98

Heilongjiang

0

0.63

0.8

0.1

0.501

0.04

Hubei

0

0.96

0.2

0.54

0.57

0.67

Guangdong

0

0.9

0.8

0.66

1

0.77

Shaanxi

0.2

0.75

0.8

0.95

0.57

0.6

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

0.2

0.08

0.8

0.88

0.05

0.501

Hainan

0.2

0.14

0.4

0.03

0.05

0.47

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