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. 2022 Jan 4;29(19):27909–27923. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-18424-z

Table 5.

The results of direct and indirect effects of the SDM model under spatial fixation

Variables Spatial adjacency weight matrix Geographic distance weight matrix Geographic economic distance weight matrix
Direct effect Indirect effect The total effect Direct effect Indirect effect The total effect Direct effect Indirect effect The total effect
Eco 0.0957*** 0.0197 0.1154*** 0.1127***  − 0.0194 0.0933 0.1083***  − 0.0187 0.0896**
(3.15) (0.43) (2.76) (3.93) (− 0.26) (1.35) (3.68) (− 0.39) (2.43)
rjgdp  − 0.0105*  − 0.0234*  − 0.0339***  − 0.0121**  − 0.0209  − 0.0330*  − 0.0096  − 0.0271**  − 0.0367***
(− 1.71) (− 1.75) (− 2.70) (− 2.57) (− 1.13) (− 1.67) (− 1.55) (− 2.16) (− 2.98)
Labor  − 0.0001*  − 0.0001  − 0.0002*  − 0.0001***  − 0.0002  − 0.0003  − 0.0001**  − 0.0002  − 0.0003*
(− 1.92) (− 1.11) (− 1.85) (− 2.35) (− 0.87) (− 1.14) (− 2.50) (− 1.20) (− 1.67)
City 0.0136 0.0002 0.0139 0.0264* 0.0016 0.0281 0.0033 0.0516 0.0548
(1.09) (0.01) (0.44) (1.68) (0.03) (0.46) (0.33) (1.03) (1.18)
agst  − 0.0373  − 0.2588***  − 0.2960***  − 0.0024  − 0.2808  − 0.2832 0.0068  − 0.2905***  − 0.2837**
(− 0.58) (− 2.86) (− 2.87) (− 0.03) (− 1.52) (− 1.49) (0.10) (− 2.88) (− 2.25)
ENVP  − 0.0001  − 0.0003  − 0.0004  − 0.0001  − 0.0008  − 0.0009 0.0000  − 0.0002  − 0.0003
(− 0.88) (− 0.75) (− 0.85) (− 1.06) (− 1. 50) (− 1.58) (− 0.63) (− 1.18) (− 1.31)
ECOP 0.0036  − 0.0282**  − 0.0246 0.0041  − 0.0538***  − 0.0498** 0.0025  − 0.0324  − 0.0298
(0.47) (− 2.04) (− 1.48) (0.54) (− 2.59) (− 2.06) (0.36) (− 1.62) (− 1.35)
Rho 0.3794*** 0.3949*** 0.2952***
9.46 6.35 3.90
sigma2_e 0.0116*** 0.0118*** 0.0123***
3.74 3.88 3.89
log-likelihood 514.9778 510.9499 502.4969
0.1911 0.2047 0.2004
N 651 651 651 651 651 651 651 651 651

***, **, and * represent the significance levels of 1%, 5%, and 10%, and the Z-value is in parentheses.