Research Article

Socioeconomic Drivers of Environmental Pollution in China: A Spatial Econometric Analysis

Table 7

Direct and indirect effects of spatial Durbin model with spatial fixed effects.

Direct effectIndirect effectTotal effect

FD0.3271 (3.2631)0.1211 (0.6782)0.4483 (2.3426)
FDI−0.0001 (−0.0060)−0.0208 (−1.1465)−0.0208 (−1.0786)
SEC0.2319 (2.3068)−0.2951 (−1.8695)−0.0632 (−0.4304)
PD−0.1255 (−2.3517)0.0873 (0.8598)−0.0382 (−0.3868)
GDP0.6734 (3.2941)−0.3573 (−1.0149)0.3161 (0.8964)
GDP2−0.0374 (−3.3410)0.0184 (1.0121)−0.0190 (−1.0835)

Notes: T-values are in parentheses. , , and denote statistical significance levels at 10%, 5%, and 1%, respectively.