The Heterogeneous Effects of FDI and Foreign Trade on CO₂ Emissions: Evidence from China

Table 8

The effects of FDI and foreign trade on CO₂ emissions.

Effects	Quantile levels
	Panel A. The direct, indirect, and total effect of FDI on CO2 emissions
Direct	-0.0309	-0.0296	-0.0374	-0.0420	-0.0383	-0.0392	-0.0423	-0.0604	-0.0668	-0.0731	-0.0686
Indirect	0.1072	0.0908	0.0599	0.0593	0.0538	0.0557	0.0585	0.0718	0.0915	0.0972	0.0749
Total	0.0763	0.0612	0.0225	0.0173	0.0155	0.0165	0.0162	0.0114	0.0247	0.0241	0.0063
Panel B. The direct, indirect, and total effect of TRADE on CO2 emissions
Direct	-0.0351	-0.0049	-0.0120	-0.0129	-0.0206	-0.0307	-0.0394	-0.0479	-0.0587	-0.0657	-0.0684
Indirect	0.1198	0.0954	0.0745	0.0697	0.0697	0.0749	0.0863	0.0915	0.0925	0.0745	0.0674
Total	0.0847	0.0905	0.0625	0.0568	0.0491	0.0442	0.0469	0.0436	0.0338	0.0088	-0.0010