Research Article

Relationship between Urban Innovation Capability and Energy Utilization Efficiency: An Empirical Study of 281 Prefecture-Level Cities in China

Table 7

Estimated results based on DPTR.

Explained variable:
Model 1Model 2Model 3

Threshold variablePopulation density ()Industrial structure ()Environmental pollution ()

Threshold value263.9851 (13.3842)0.4026 (0.0004)36285.2104 (2190.5583)
Explanatory variableCoefficient

Low
0.9086 (0.0019)0.9665 (0.0045)0.9794 (0.0046)
−0.0528 (0.0281)−0.0029 (0.0007)−0.0095 (0.0022)

High
−0.2038 (0.0201)−0.0241 (0.0032)−0.0408 (0.0068)
0.0275 (0.0032)0.0044 (0.0007)0.0005 (0.0024)
Constant 0.5829 (0.0554)−0.1812 (0.0069)−0.1540 (0.0108)

Nonlinear test (p value)0.000.000.00

Percentage of samples in high interval (%)65.27%59.84%56.71%

Note. , , and represent the significance levels at 1%, 5%, and 10%, respectively; standard error is presented in parentheses.