Research Article

Digital Transformation and ESG Performance: A Quasinatural Experiment Based on China’s Environmental Protection Law

Table 7

Average treatment effect test.

VariableSampleTreatedControlsDifferenceS.E.-statistic

ESGEEREUnmatched6.5396.4640.0750.0154.840
ATT6.5146.4780.0370.0162.220
POLLUTUnmatched6.5216.4750.0460.0172.770
ATT6.4966.4480.0490.0192.600

DTEEREUnmatched0.0370.124-0.0870.003-29.090
ATT0.0360.084-0.0480.002-22.760
POLLUTUnmatched0.0330.118-0.0850.003-26.230
ATT0.0310.075-0.0440.002-19.310