Research Article

Does Airport Preferential Policy Aggravate the Competition of Aviation Hubs in Central and Western China? Based on the Investigation of 78 Airports

Table 5

Direct, indirect, and total effects of the SDM.

Spatial effectArealntralncmlnrf

Direct effectThe whole country0.02920.0224−0.0235
(−3.34)(−4.38)(−3.22)
Eastern region0.01570.01130.0135
(−1.7)(−1.83)(−1.53)
Central and western0.05710.007−0.0579
(−3.77)(−0.85)(−5.07)

Indirect effect/spatial spillover effectThe whole country0.0318−0.0059−0.025
(−1.26)(−0.41)(−1.07)
Eastern region0.01760.00920.0001
(−1.07)(−0.65)(0.00)
Central and western0.1356−0.0685−0.1131
(−2.35)(−2.93)(−1.90)

Total effectThe whole country0.06100.0165−0.0485
(−2.12)(−0.97)(−1.81)
Eastern region0.03330.02060.0136
(−1.65)(−1.16)(−0.65)
Central and western0.1927−0.0615−0.1710
(−3.09)(−2.27)(−2.63)

t statistics in parentheses. , , and .