Research Article

Technical and Energy Efficiency of Urban Logistics in China: Empirical Analysis of 216 Prefecture-Level Cities

Table 5

Estimation results of the translog SFA model with impact factors.

VariablesModel 6 (no time lag)Model 7 (1-year lag)Model 8 (2-year lag)Model 9 (3-year lag)

Estimation of stochastic frontier function
lnK−0.958 (−4.095)−991 (−3.961)−1.003 (−3.916)−1.041 (−3.874)
lnL0.026 (1.533)0.178 (0.954)0.129 (−0.658)0.156 (0.764)
(lnK)20.164 (4.309)0.17 (4.173)0.173 (4.141)0.181 (4.108)
(lnL)2−0.014 (−4)−0.035 (−0.956)−0.05 (−1.254)−0.063 (−1.567)
lnKlnL−0.017 (−0.287)0.013 (0.215)0.03 (0.641)0.026 (0.391)

Estimation of factors influencing efficiency based on technical inefficiency function
DIGIT−0.44 (−7.518)−0.486 (−6.479)−496 (−5.649)−0.443 (−5.088)
ENV0.167 (3.46)0.184 (2.816)0.17 (2.4)0.144 (1.865)
GOV0.697 (2.412)0.772 (2.671)0.801 (2.492)0.753 (1.841)
EDU−0.075 (−1.421)−0.141 (−1.856)−0.186 (−2.066)−0.207 (−1.966)
DEN−0.435 (−9.15)−0.463 (−8.152)−0.5 (−7.187)−0.561 (−6.52)
σ20.461 (15.013)0.496 (13.072)0.5198 (9.421)0.532 (9.222)
Γ0.663 (13.274)0.658 (13.265)0.654 (12.318)0.641 (11.195)

Notes: , , and denote statistical significance at 10%, 5%, and 1% levels, respectively.