Table 4 Estimation results of the benchmark model.

From: Peer effects in local government decision-making on new infrastructure investment: evidence from Chinese 258 cities

Variables

\({W}_{01}\)

\({W}_{d}\)

\({W}_{e}\)

\({W}_{{de}}\)

\({W}_{a}\)

\({W}_{t}\)

\({W}_{{ind}}\)

\(\rho\)

0.380***

0.689***

0.352***

0.649***

0.467***

0.707***

0.701***

(0.022)

(0.034)

(0.020)

(0.036)

(0.023)

(0.035)

(0.034)

\(\mathrm{ln}{FD}\)

0.175***

0.177***

0.192***

0.198***

0.183***

0.181***

0.173***

(0.030)

(0.030)

(0.030)

(0.030)

(0.030)

(0.030)

(0.030)

\(\mathrm{ln}{ED}\)

0.586***

0.244***

0.568***

0.321***

0.450***

0.216***

0.233***

(0.037)

(0.046)

(0.038)

(0.047)

(0.039)

(0.048)

(0.046)

\(\mathrm{ln}{CS}\)

0.111***

0.091***

0.129***

0.091***

0.133***

0.095***

0.093***

(0.027)

(0.027)

(0.027)

(0.027)

(0.026)

(0.027)

(0.027)

\(\mathrm{ln}{IS}\)

0.087**

0.091***

0.123***

0.087**

0.105***

0.090**

0.093***

(0.035)

(0.035)

(0.035)

(0.036)

(0.035)

(0.035)

(0.035)

\(\mathrm{ln}{FS}\)

0.044**

0.038*

0.051**

0.042*

0.036*

0.041*

0.039*

(0.021)

(0.021)

(0.021)

(0.021)

(0.021)

(0.021)

(0.021)

promotion

0.006

0.004

0.006

0.005

0.005

0.004

0.004

(0.006)

(0.006)

(0.006)

(0.006)

(0.006)

(0.006)

(0.006)

City

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Year

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

N

2580

2580

2580

2580

2580

2580

2580

\({R}^{2}\)

0.276

0.469

0.406

0.458

0.365

0.478

0.465

Log-likelihood

1079.687

1105.847

1080.164

1074.677

1111.521

1099.873

1108.628

  1. *, **, *** denote significant levels at 10%, 5%, and 1%, respectively. Robust standard errors are reported in parentheses. City and Year represents city fixed effects and year fixed effects, respectively.