The Level of Regional Economic Development, Green Image, and Enterprise Environmental Protection Investment: Empirical Evidence from China

Table 3

Research variable correlation analysis.

Variables	EI	GIM	EDL	EPS	LEV	FLOW	CASH	OPP	SIZE	BALANCE	COST
EI	1
GIM	0.0619	1
EDL	0.0658	0.2259	1
EPS	0.0818	0.0918	0.0037	1
LEV	−0.0663	−0.0907	−0.1782	−0.2641	1
FLOW	−0.0083	0.0201	−0.0991	0.2659	−0.0954	1
CASH	0.0895	0.0442	0.0667	0.3471	−0.4444	0.0609	1
OPP	0.1026	−0.0785	−0.0324	0.2103	−0.4437	0.1143	0.2784	1
SIZE	−0.0536	0.1469	0.0532	0.1388	0.4210	0.0520	−0.1741	−0.4599	1
BALANCE	−0.0252	−0.0977	−0.2461	0.1132	0.0471	0.0253	0.0751	−0.0329	0.0439	1
COST	0.0776	−0.0351	0.1819	−0.1267	−0.2090	−0.1001	0.087	0.2435	−0.3278	−0.1730	1

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