Spatial Spillover Effect of Government Public Health Spending on Regional Economic Growth during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Evidence from China

Table 8

Robustness test of public health spending on regional economic growth.

Variable	Geographical distance matrix		Economic distance matrix
	Coefficient	t value	Coefficient	t value
Lnpph	0.0884	−2.45	0.1394	−6.02
Lnfi	0.0891	3.44	0.0829	4.52
Lnhc	0.6741	7.33	0.5296	9.78
Lnmc	−0.1943	−2.19	−0.1337	−2.67
Lnur	0.7610	10.26	0.7148	14.97
Lnrp	−0.1385	−2.40	0.1343	4.18
Wlnpph	0.2932	3.31	0.1907	−2.42
Wlnfi	−0.1126	−1.73	−0.0645	−1.33
Wlnhc	−0.0778	−0.41	−0.3664	−1.99
Wlnmc	−0.1072	−0.60	−1.999	−1.38
Wlnur	0.8693	3.13	2.7241	11.01
Wlnrp	0.4261	3.62	0.5031	4.70
Rho	0.0372	1.79	0.0768	1.89
R^2	0.9442		0.9628
Log-likelihood	154.1253		303.5903

, , and indicate significance at the 1%, 5%, and 10% levels, respectively. The numbers in the coefficient parentheses are standard errors.