Table 5.

MIMIC model: the impact of environmental government expenditure on climate change indicators

MIMIC model
Chi square test
 dfχ²p
Baseline model391,912.886< 0.001
Factor model29316.025< 0.001
Parameter estimates
     95% Confidence interval
PredictorEstimateSez-valuepLowerUpper
Expenditure on environment protection as % of GDP1.1340.6671.7010.089−0.1732.441
Expenditure on pollution abatement as % of GDP−1.1930.66−1.8090.07−2.4860.099
Expenditure on waste management as % of GDP−0.6730.742−0.9070.364−2.1260.781
Expenditure on waste water management as % of GDP−1.2410.814−1.5250.127−2.8360.354
     95% Confidence interval
IndicatorEstimateSEz-valuepLowerUpper
Cooling and heating degree days % growth0.1440.0236.208< 0.0010.0990.19
Production in industry % growth−0.0230.005−4.624< 0.001−0.033−0.013
Final energy consumption % growth1.540.06623.385< 0.0011.4111.669
Greenhouse gas emissions % growth1.6270.07820.962< 0.0011.4751.779
Volume of freight transport % growth0.0110.0081.3550.175−0.0050.026
Source: Authors’ own computation in JASP Software

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