Research Article

Market Integration and Regional Innovation in China: Evidence from the Yangtze River Delta Region

Table 6

Dynamic test of the impact of MI on RI.

DIF-GMM
VariableModel 1Model 2Model 3Model 4Model 5Model 6Model 7

L1.lnRI0.5970.5110.4460.3770.3980.3490.409
(0.013)(0.011)(0.014)(0.023)(0.021)(0.022)(0.045)

lnMI0.5490.3790.3400.3100.3990.3500.443
(0.050)(0.036)(0.029)(0.032)(0.027)(0.047)(0.056)

lnGOV0.9690.7330.2570.4110.3810.160
(0.084)(0.129)(0.033)(0.109)(0.040)(0.053)

lnPTI0.7710.5220.3860.7880.539
(0.119)(0.174)(0.138)(0.234)(0.159)

lnINT0.3000.3070.2040.166
(0.050)(0.035)(0.057)(0.030)

lnFDI0.2900.2650.301
(0.027)(0.028)(0.025)

lnGDP1.0520.863
(0.122)(0.194)

lnTR0.2650.170
(0.028)(0.095)

Cons−4.052−5.156−7.994−8.160−6.980−19.520−16.457
(0.233)(0.176)(0.518)(0.585)(0.554)(1.462)(2.631)

Wald test3784.954926.905932.039268.696645.313580.233699.41
(0.000)(0.000)(0.000)(0.000)(0.000)(0.000)(0.000)

AR(1)0.0380.0230.0310.0450.0380.0390.040
AR(2)0.8590.8780.8440.7450.9290.9280.963
Sargan test26.58824.92524.05325.13324.13424.43022.449
(0.813)(0.997)(0.999)(0.997)(0.998)(0.998)(0.374)

SYS-GMM
L1.lnRI0.6660.6000.4610.3770.4310.3670.384
(0.008)(0.017)(0.016)(0.022)(0.014)(0.020)(0.030)

lnMI0.3860.2050.2000.2760.3060.3770.429
(0.032)(0.030)(0.044)(0.035)(0.040)(0.049)(0.069)

lnGOV0.8340.7210.3290.3900.2280.492
(0.097)(0.117)(0.034)(0.113)(0.034)(0.200)

lnPTI1.0510.5680.5940.9450.472
(0.107)(0.140)(0.165)(0.232)(0.255)

lnINT0.2720.2790.1810.206
(0.035)(0.034)(0.057)(0.057)

lnFDI0.1740.2130.179
(0.024)(0.028)(0.029)

lnGDP0.5050.453
(0.130)(0.142)

lnTR0.167
(0.093)

Cons−3.081−3.857−8.467−8.169−7.547−14.110−12.923
(0.149)(0.245)(0.379)(0.510)(0.558)(1.762)(2.033)

Wald test10411.4515281.042540.844436.526827.504037.679879.36
(0.000)(0.000)(0.000)(0.000)(0.000)(0.000)(0.000)

AR(1)0.0360.0260.0310.0430.0380.0440.036
AR(2)0.9490.9580.8900.7660.9200.9210.851

Sargan test26.67123.36323.75425.18624.32324.16322.393
(0.997)(1.000)(1.000)(1.000)(1.000)(1.000)(1.000)

Notes: ① Wald test, AR (1), AR (2), and Sargan test provide the P value of the test, respectively. ② L1 represents the lagging period of the variable. , , and indicate that the coefficients are statistically significant at 10%, 5%, and 1% levels, respectively.