Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society

Research Article

Regional Difference in Spatial Effects: A Theoretical and Empirical Study on the Environmental Effects of FDI and Corruption in China

Table 6

Regional Difference in Spatial Effects of FDI, regional corruption and environmental pollution.


Variables	Eastern region				Central region				Western region
Variables	Model 5	Model 6	Model 7	Model 8	Model 5	Model 6	Model 7	Model 8	Model 5	Model 6	Model 7	Model 8

lnFDI	0.0001		0.0001	−0.0012	−0.0060		−0.0055	−0.0183	0.0005		0.0006	0.0030
lnFDI	(0.5868)		(0.5523)	(−1.0699)	(−8.0878)		(−6.9369)	(−2.8113)	(2.3137)		(2.5040)	(2.1754)
lnRC		0.0003	0.0002	−0.0025		0.0017	0.0026	−0.0205		0.0017	0.0020	0.0058
lnRC		(0.3789)	(0.3274)	(−1.0079)		(1.8741)	(1.7133)	(−1.7550)		(1.5682)	(1.8586)	(2.4258)
lnFDIlnRC				0.0002				0.0018				−0.0004
lnFDIlnRC				(1.1586)				(1.9968)				(−1.7844)
lnPGDP	0.0053	0.0041	0.0039	0.0029	0.0895	−0.0061	0.0889	0.0835	−0.0117	−0.0086	−0.0100	−0.0058
lnPGDP	(0.4816)	(0.3535)	(0.3311)	(0.2446)	(2.1891)	(−0.3767)	(2.2104)	(2.1190)	(−1.1776)	(−0.8498)	(−1.0130)	(−0.5811)
ln²PGDP	−0.0005	−0.0005	−0.0005	−0.0004	−0.0049	0.0006	−0.0050	−0.0047	0.0004	0.0004	0.0003	0.0001
ln²PGDP	(−1.0233)	(−0.8361)	(−0.8250)	(−0.7467)	(−2.3909)	(0.7005)	(−2.4824)	(−2.3943)	(0.8371)	(0.7034)	(0.7062)	(0.2793)
lnIS	0.0031	0.0031	0.0030	0.0033	0.0121	−0.0001	0.0117	0.0115	0.0009	0.0013	0.0006	0.0006
lnIS	(5.5758)	(5.0173)	(4.9523)	(5.0957)	(5.0527)	(−0.0871)	(4.9336)	(4.9373)	(1.2200)	(1.8236)	(0.8043)	(0.7878)
lnER	0.0023	0.0023	0.0023	0.0024	0.0017	0.0009	0.0018	0.0020	0.0032	0.0027	0.0030	0.0028
lnER	(6.2192)	(5.9964)	(6.0231)	(6.1239)	(1.8744)	(2.0132)	(2.0012)	(2.2518)	(6.2495)	(5.1155)	(5.7000)	(5.3109)
lnPS	0.0034	0.0032	0.0032	0.0030	0.0099	−0.0410	0.0072	0.0075	−0.0003	−0.0006	−0.0019	−0.0019
lnPS	(7.2337)	(4.4780)	(4.4322)	(4.0059)	(7.9583)	(−5.9123)	(3.5347)	(3.7900)	(−0.4101)	(−0.5910)	(−1.7550)	(−1.7770)
ρ	0.0980	0.0920	0.0930	0.0900	−0.2361	−0.2361	−0.2361	−0.2361	−0.2361	−0.2361	−0.2361	−0.2361
ρ	(2.6399)	(2.4268)	(2.4547)	(2.3707)	(−3.0359)	(−2.5202)	(−3.0483)	(−2.9937)	(−2.4332)	(−2.5515)	(−2.5025)	(−2.4969)
Adjust-R²	0.9313	0.9314	0.9315	0.9323	0.6313	0.4319	0.6398	0.6618	0.6713	0.6581	0.6849	0.6908

Note: Significant level at 1%, significant level at 5%, and significant level at 10%, and the values in parentheses indicate t statistic for each estimated coefficient.