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Table 4 Tests for threshold effects between fiscal transfer payments and inter-provincial public health services equalization

From: Inter-provincial inequality of public health services in China: the perspective of local officials’ behavior

Model

Test

F- statistics

p-value

Critical values

Model 1

Single threshold

9.881**

0.000

(2.587, 3.892, 6.381)

Double threshold

12.826**

0.001

(2.688, 3.924, 6.495)

Triple threshold

7.686**

0.004

(2.864, 3.979, 6.610)

Model 2

Single threshold

24.616**

0.000

(2.659, 3.695, 6.915)

Double threshold

23.660**

0.000

(−0.679, 1.817, 6.755)

Triple threshold

9.482**

0.000

(2.787, 3.981, 7.023)

  1. Note: (1) F-statistics and p-values are derived by using the bootstrap method with 1000 repeats. (2) “**” indicates significance level of 1%