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. 2021 Sep 21;16(9):e0257365. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257365

Table 6. The regression results of the digital economy index and its infrastructure sub-index, industry sub-index, and integration sub-index.

variable Dependent variable: total factor productivity (TFP)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Estimation method FGLS GEE OLS
DEI 0.4551***(10.88) 0.2933***(12.64) 0.4551***(10.58)
INF 0.2452***(10.13)
DIND 0.0773**(1.23)
FUSE 0.3458***(7.88)
TP 0.1527*** 0.2306*** 0.3678*** 0.2377*** 0.3132*** 0.1527***
(3.55) (5.60) (6.68) (5.17) (8.20) (3.45)
TD 0.0456*** 0.0553*** 0.0492** 0.01857** 0.0159* 0.0456**
(3.11) (3.65) (2.51) (1.10) (1.04) (3.02)
FD 0.0565*** 0.0712*** 0.0504** 0.0129* 0.0226** 0.0565***
(3.34) (4.05) (2.24) (0.66) (2.03) (3.25)
IS 0.0379** -0.0359** 0.0454** -0.0249** 0.0276* 0.0379**
(-2.20) (-2.02) (2.18) (-1.28) (1.73) (2.14)
OPEN 0.1195*** 0.1909*** 0.1976*** 0.1619*** 0.0668** 0.1195***
(3.78) (6.14) (4.18) (4.66) (2.44) (3.68)
RD -0.0910*** -0.0986*** -0.1067*** -0.0791*** -0.0634*** -0.0910***
(-3.69) (-3.88) (-3.26) (-2.83) (-2.68) (-3.59)
constant 17.4683*** 19.8441*** 19.7913*** 18.9658*** 21.3497*** 17.4683***
(15.13) (17.26) (11.51) (14.89) (12.50) (14.72)
Wald 1748.93 1638.11 922.44 1351.01 914.74 -
R2 - - - - - 0.9171
N 150 150 150 150 150 150

Note: The Z statistic values are in parentheses, and

***, **, * indicate significance at the levels of 1%, 5%, and 10%, respectively. The same applies to the following table.