Research Article

Impact of Sino-US Trade Liberalization on China’s Carbon Emissions and Future Works on Fractional Phenomenon

Table 2

Results of benchmark regression.

(1)(2)(3)(4)

Explanatory variablesExplained variable LnCO2
LnT−0.056 (0.0296)−0.0926 (0.0351)−0.079 (0.0383)−0.0696 (0.0257)
Lnpop0.00836 (0.025)0.0125 (0.024)0.0323 (0.0241)
Lnpgdp3.854 (0.697)2.05 (0.6823)0.832 (0.802)
(Lnpgdp)2−0.16 (0.0343)−0.0822 (0.0358)−0.0515 (0.0353)
Lnsec0.343 (0.18)0.4616 (0.189)
Lnrd0.0582 (0.085)0.0453 (0.104)
Es0.958 (0.354)1.233 (0.2623)
Lncar0.146 (0.064)0.113 (0.074)
Cons9.202 (0.133)12.537 (3.511)5.2 (2.8973)3.371 (4.415)
R20.22870.29740.56780.3151
Province-fixed effectYesYesYesYes
Year-fixed effectYesNoNoYes
Observations489470450450

, , and represent the significance level of 1%, 5%, and 10%, respectively.