The LSDVC estimates for economic growth-environmental degradation nexus in SSA
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | |
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| Variables | LCO_AB | LPM_AB | LFO_AB | LCO_BB | LPM_BB | LFO_BB | LCO_AH | LPM_AH | LFO_AH |
| L.LED | 0.7410*** | 0.7489*** | 1.0200*** | 0.7739*** | 1.0662*** | 1.0243*** | 0.7316*** | 0.7621*** | 1.0199*** |
| (0.0387) | (0.0576) | (0.0092) | (0.0359) | (0.0411) | (0.0060) | (0.0460) | (0.1253) | (0.8883) | |
| LM | 3.0562*** | 1.1396** | 1.9981** | 2.1240** | 0.9892* | 1.6753** | 2.9388*** | 1.0822* | 2.0049* |
| (0.0136) | (0.0017) | (0.0323) | (0.0140) | (0.0659) | (0.0142) | (0.0112) | (0.0179) | (0.0161) | |
| LM2 | 0.0516 | −0.0790* | −0.1408** | 0.0202 | −0.0683*** | −0.1182* | 0.0838 | −0.0788* | −0.1315** |
| (0.2708) | (0.0028) | (0.0093) | (0.2513) | (0.0029) | (0.0046) | (0.3704) | (0.0029) | (0.0063) | |
| KL | −0.0321 | −0.0210* | 0.2181*** | −0.0313 | −0.0186 | 0.0626** | −0.0128 | −0.192 | 0.0316 |
| (0.0486) | (0.0170) | (0.0407) | (0.0442) | (0.0191) | (0.0315) | (0.0561) | (0.0199) | (0.0331) | |
| TI | 0.0051 | −0.0009 | −0.0014* | 0.0053 | 0.0004 | −0.0017* | 0.0004 | −0.0017 | 0.0006 |
| (0.0083) | (0.0028) | (0.0005) | (0.0078) | (0.0048) | (0.0005) | (0.0017) | (0.0045) | (0.0005) | |
| LTIM | 0.4155*** | 0.0302 | 0.0145 | 0.4228*** | 0.0205 | 0.0133 | 0.1610 | 0.0382 | 0.0132 |
| (0.1272) | (0.0449) | (0.0148) | (0.1253) | (0.1071) | (0.0136) | (0.1848) | (0.0905) | (0.0134) | |
| TIKL | 0.4140*** | −0.0324 | 0.0073 | 0.1209 | −0.0248 | 0.0069 | 0.4354** | −0.0417 | 0.0073 |
| (0.1267) | (0.0451) | (0.0067) | (0.1242) | (0.1097) | (0.0065) | (0.1895) | (0.0838) | (0.6560) | |
| LFDI | 0.0035 | 0.0094** | −0.0015** | 0.0037 | 0.0091* | −0.0026*** | 0.0037 | 0.0026 | −0.0032* |
| (0.0065) | (0.0022) | (0.0004) | (0.0062) | (0.0027) | (0.0008) | (0.0085) | (0.0029) | (0.0009) | |
| LEU | 0.1311** | 0.0233* | 0.0059*** | 0.1434** | 0.0210** | 0.0059*** | 0.1113* | 0.0259 | 0.0025 |
| (0.0666) | (0.0131) | (0.0014) | (0.0654) | (0.0159) | (0.0013) | (0.0855) | (0.0473) | (0.0025) | |
| KPR | 0.0031 | −0.0028 | −0.0267** | 0.0041 | −0.0107 | −0.0201* | 0.0046 | −0.0054 | −0.0235 |
| (0.0354) | (0.0116) | (0.0191) | (0.0331) | (0.0143) | (0.0193) | (0.0469) | (0.0148) | (0.0275) | |
| YDs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OBS | 998 | 998 | 998 | 998 | 998 | 998 | 998 | 998 | 998 |
| C_ID | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | |
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| Variables | LCO_AB | LPM_AB | LFO_AB | LCO_BB | LPM_BB | LFO_BB | LCO_AH | LPM_AH | LFO_AH |
| L.LED | 0.7410*** | 0.7489*** | 1.0200*** | 0.7739*** | 1.0662*** | 1.0243*** | 0.7316*** | 0.7621*** | 1.0199*** |
| (0.0387) | (0.0576) | (0.0092) | (0.0359) | (0.0411) | (0.0060) | (0.0460) | (0.1253) | (0.8883) | |
| LM | 3.0562*** | 1.1396** | 1.9981** | 2.1240** | 0.9892* | 1.6753** | 2.9388*** | 1.0822* | 2.0049* |
| (0.0136) | (0.0017) | (0.0323) | (0.0140) | (0.0659) | (0.0142) | (0.0112) | (0.0179) | (0.0161) | |
| LM2 | 0.0516 | −0.0790* | −0.1408** | 0.0202 | −0.0683*** | −0.1182* | 0.0838 | −0.0788* | −0.1315** |
| (0.2708) | (0.0028) | (0.0093) | (0.2513) | (0.0029) | (0.0046) | (0.3704) | (0.0029) | (0.0063) | |
| KL | −0.0321 | −0.0210* | 0.2181*** | −0.0313 | −0.0186 | 0.0626** | −0.0128 | −0.192 | 0.0316 |
| (0.0486) | (0.0170) | (0.0407) | (0.0442) | (0.0191) | (0.0315) | (0.0561) | (0.0199) | (0.0331) | |
| TI | 0.0051 | −0.0009 | −0.0014* | 0.0053 | 0.0004 | −0.0017* | 0.0004 | −0.0017 | 0.0006 |
| (0.0083) | (0.0028) | (0.0005) | (0.0078) | (0.0048) | (0.0005) | (0.0017) | (0.0045) | (0.0005) | |
| LTIM | 0.4155*** | 0.0302 | 0.0145 | 0.4228*** | 0.0205 | 0.0133 | 0.1610 | 0.0382 | 0.0132 |
| (0.1272) | (0.0449) | (0.0148) | (0.1253) | (0.1071) | (0.0136) | (0.1848) | (0.0905) | (0.0134) | |
| TIKL | 0.4140*** | −0.0324 | 0.0073 | 0.1209 | −0.0248 | 0.0069 | 0.4354** | −0.0417 | 0.0073 |
| (0.1267) | (0.0451) | (0.0067) | (0.1242) | (0.1097) | (0.0065) | (0.1895) | (0.0838) | (0.6560) | |
| LFDI | 0.0035 | 0.0094** | −0.0015** | 0.0037 | 0.0091* | −0.0026*** | 0.0037 | 0.0026 | −0.0032* |
| (0.0065) | (0.0022) | (0.0004) | (0.0062) | (0.0027) | (0.0008) | (0.0085) | (0.0029) | (0.0009) | |
| LEU | 0.1311** | 0.0233* | 0.0059*** | 0.1434** | 0.0210** | 0.0059*** | 0.1113* | 0.0259 | 0.0025 |
| (0.0666) | (0.0131) | (0.0014) | (0.0654) | (0.0159) | (0.0013) | (0.0855) | (0.0473) | (0.0025) | |
| KPR | 0.0031 | −0.0028 | −0.0267** | 0.0041 | −0.0107 | −0.0201* | 0.0046 | −0.0054 | −0.0235 |
| (0.0354) | (0.0116) | (0.0191) | (0.0331) | (0.0143) | (0.0193) | (0.0469) | (0.0148) | (0.0275) | |
| YDs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OBS | 998 | 998 | 998 | 998 | 998 | 998 | 998 | 998 | 998 |
| C_ID | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 |
Note(s): For ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1, standard errors in parentheses. The LSDVC initialised by Arellano and Bond (1991) (AB), Blundell and Bond (1998) (BB), and Anderson and Hsiao (1982) AH consistent estimators and the standard errors are bootstrapped with 200 iterations. L.LED is the lagged dependent variable, YDs represents the year dummies, OBS is the number of observations and C_ID is the number of countries used
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