Research Article

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

Table 8

Estimation results of the translog SFA model for energy efficiency.

VariablesEstimation of stochastic frontier functionVariablesEstimation of factors influencing energy efficiency based on technical inefficiency function

lny−0.422 (−3.339)DIGIT−0.324 (−16.955)
lnk0.365 (2.229)ENV−0.042 (−2.357)
lnl−0.076 (−0.662)GOV1.447 (13.259)
(lny)2−0.015 (−0.528)EDU−0.155 (−7.899)
(lnk)2−0.037 (−1.396)DEN0.184 (10.029)
(lnl)20.078 (3.368)σ20.129 (28.697)
lnylnk0.196 (4.822)
lnylnl−0.187 (−4..57)
lnklnl0.102 (2.722)

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