Research Article

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

Table 3

IV estimation results.

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

First stage regressionExplained variable LnT
IV
exchange rate
0.001521 (0.00067)0.0017 (0.00068)0.00177 (0.00065)0.0018 (0.0006563)
Other explanatory variables
F value15.2016.3717.3317.55

Second stage regressionExplained variable LnCO2
LnT−0.283 (0.164)−0.353 (0.167)−0.234 (0.133)−0.2368 (0.132)
Lnpop0.023 (0.021)0.0124 (0.022)0.0314 (0.0197)0.0296 (0.0197)
Lnpgdp4.78 (0.863)4.65 (1.154)3.043 (1.002)3.155 (0.990)
(Lnpgdp)2−0.207 (0.0435)−0.1955 (0.0587)−0.141 (0.0577)−0.14680 (0.0571)
Es0.842 (0.251)0.839 (0.196)0.818 (0.1965)
Lnsec0.247 (0.14)0.222 (0.139)
Lncar0.239 (0.074)0.222 (0.074)
Lnrd0.058 (0.0394)
Cons−17.72 (4.982)−18.287 (6.201)−9.674 (4.635)−10.31 (4.58)
Observations470452451450
Province-fixed effectYesYesYesYes
Year-fixed effectNoNoNoNo
Adjusted R20.9280.9540.9590.961

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