Research Article

China’s New Environmental Protection Law and Green Innovation: Evidence from Prefecture-Level Cities

Table 4

Robustness tests.

(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
GinnovationGinnovationGinnovation1GinnovationGinnovation

Treat × Year20110.0011
(0.0023)
Treat × Year20120.0012
(0.0023)
Treat × Year20130.0031
(0.0023)
Treat × Year20140.0034
(0.0023)
Treat × Year20150.0044
(0.0023)
Treat × Year20160.0091
(0.0023)
Treat × Post0.00480.00260.00480.0028
(0.0019)(0.0010)(0.0014)(0.0014)
AGDP−0.00320.0004−0.0032−0.00310.0036
(0.0035)(0.0050)(0.0026)(0.0036)(0.0039)
FDI0.02920.09460.01800.02760.0369
(0.0425)(0.0679)(0.0315)(0.0433)(0.0593)
Struct0.00010.00010.00000.0001−0.0001
(0.0002)(0.0002)(0.0001)(0.0002)(0.0002)
Science0.00160.00020.00170.00180.0033
(0.0010)(0.0012)(0.0007)(0.0010)(0.0012)
Industry−0.0038−0.0065−0.0014−0.0037−0.0125
(0.0022)(0.0032)(0.0017)(0.0023)(0.0035)
POP−0.00450.0021−0.0085−0.00420.0126
(0.0068)(0.0105)(0.0051)(0.0069)(0.0093)
PM250.00610.00750.00640.00570.0023
(0.0031)(0.0044)(0.0023)(0.0031)(0.0035)
Town0.0000
(0.0001)
Constant0.07080.02120.06430.0654−0.0410
(0.0581)(0.0785)(0.0430)(0.0590)(0.0736)
City FEYesYesYesYesYes
Year FEYesYesYesYesYes
N17981152179817731021
R20.03640.02310.08240.03070.0481

Robust standard errors are presented in parentheses., , and indicate statistical significance at the 10%, 5%, and 1% levels, respectively.