Research Article

How and When Factors of Agricultural Contribution Influence Urbanization: A Historical Analysis of Tibet

Table 5

Results of the Granger causality test.

Dependent variableShort–term causalityLong–term causality
D(LNUR)D(LNFDC)D(LNMLC)D(LNLRC)D(LNMTC)ECT(−1)

D(LNUR)0.4850.1870.0891.1406.587a
D(LNFDC)15.698a0.0520.6600.662−3.128a
D(LNMLC)10.687a0.2020.7351.8802.385a
D(LNLRC)52.364a10.168a2.5722.662−7.038a
D(LNMTC)14.989a2.6070.5500.995−1.128a

Null hypothesis: No causal relationship exists between the variables. ECT (−1) was the error correction term that lagged by one period. aIndicates significance at the 1% level. bIndicates significance at the 5% level. cIndicates significance at the 10% level.