Research Article

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

Table 6

Estimation results of the translog SFA model for samples stratified by regions.

VariablesModel 10 (eastern region)Model 11 (central region)Model 12 (western region)

Estimation of stochastic frontier function
Lnk0.629 (2.075)−0.59 (1.638)−0.744 (−2.223)
Lnl−1.723 (−5.197)0.486 (1.668)0.219 (0.925)
(lnk)2−0.122 (−2.498)0.1 (1.696)0.167 (2.988)
(lnl)2−0.423 (−7.395)−0.045 (−0.751)0.111 (2.132)
lnklnl0.696 (6.66)−0.091 (−0.917)−0.066 (−0.873)

Estimation of factors influencing efficiency based on technical inefficiency function
DIGIT−0.2966 (−5.238)−0.397 (−6.086)−0.37 (−5.656)
ENV−0.089 (−1.176)0.18 (3.219)0.043 (0.654)
GOV2.737 (3.746)−1.257 (−2.783)0.637 (2.423)
EDU−0.483 (7.923)−0.237 (−3.432)−0.136 (−1.656)
DEN−0.759 (−6.533)−0.663 (−11.515)0.085 (1.368)
σ20.187 (6.982)7.41 (11.022)0.338 (9.933)

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