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

Table 8. Regression results of the digital economy index and its three sub-indexes and regional interaction items.

Variable Dependent variable: total factor productivity (TFP)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Estimation method FGLS GEE OLS
DEI 0.4609*** 0.2706*** 0.4609***
(10.29) (11.98) (9.95)
INF 0.2215***
(8.13)
DIND 0.2251***
(3.37)
FUSE 0.3744***
(8.51)
DEI*DUM 0.0968*** 0.0619*** 0.0968***
(1.27) (1.90) (1.22)
INF*DUM 0.0677***
(1.36)
DIND*DUM -0.4376***
(-4.75)
FUSE*DUM -0.2336***
(-3.64)
TP 0.1815*** 0.0631*** 0.4583*** 0.2748*** 0.2647*** 0.1815***
(3.85) (3.49) (8.53) (6.16) (6.29) (3.72)
TD 0.0305** 0.0688*** 0.0135* 0.0034* 0.0118** 0.0305**
(1.75) (3.96) (0.71) (0.20) (0.79) (1.69)
FD 0.0557*** 0.0600*** 0.0389*** 0.0457*** 0.01407** 0.0562***
(3.30) (3.47) (1.88) (2.56) (1.32) (3.23)
IS 0.0377** 0.1578** 0.0246** 0.0416** 0.0177** 0.0368**
(2.20) (4.49) (1.28) (2.37) (1.16) (2.09)
OPEN 0.1060*** 0.1230*** 0.2692*** 0.1924*** 0.0093* 0.1305***
(3.13) (3.07) (5.18) (4.90) (0.31) (3.25)
RD -0.0852*** -0.0941*** -0.0905*** -0.0600*** -0.0566** -0.0823***
(-3.39) (-3.65) (-2.96) (-2.21) (-2.50) (-3.17)
constant 15.6321*** 22.2824*** 8.5929** 14.4529*** 24.8301*** 15.6321***
(6.78) (12.52) (2.67) (7.15) (12.99) (6.55)
Wald 1784.56 1683.83 1144.91 1521.54 1037.92 -
R2 - - - - - 0.9175
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.