Research Article

Whether Digital Financial Inclusion Can Improve Capital Misallocation or Not: A Study Based on the Moderating Effect of Economic Policy Uncertainty

Table 7

Robustness test of capital’s diversion from the fictitious to the substantial economy index.

Dependent variableetd2etd2etd2etd2

Column(1) difi(2) coverage(3) usage(4) digitization
Difi0.0200.0210.0160.012
(0, 002)(0, 002)(0, 002)(0, 002)
Difi × epu−0.001−0.001−0.001−0.001
(0, 001)(0, 001)(0, 001)(0, 001)
Epu−0.004−0.004−0.003−0.008
(0, 002)(0, 002)(0, 002)(0, 003)
Gdpr0.1380.146−0.0170.069
(0, 055)(0, 056)(0, 051)(0, 053)
Finance2.3212.3330.0025.061
(3, 705)(3, 659)(3, 899)(3, 641)
lnfdi−0.109−0.111−0.134−0.005
(0, 072)(0, 070)(0, 077)(0, 069)
Constant−3.537−3.213−0.563−4.816
(1, 182)(1, 137)(1, 148)(1, 308)
RegionControlledControlledControlledControlled
Estimation methodRandom effectRandom effectRandom effectRandom effect
N279279279279

Note: The bracketed figure is a standard deviation. , and represent that the figure is evident at, respectively, 1%, 5%, and 10% levels.