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Table 5 The marginal effect of shipping on climate change as trade increase

From: Global shipping and climate change impacts in Africa: the role of international trade

Percentiles

TRD

Coefficient

SE

95% Confidence interval

Short run: impact of shipping on climate change as trade increases

5%

− 0.531

− 0.066

0.075

− 0.219

0.087

10%

− 0.511

− 0.066

0.075

− 0.219

0.087

25%

− 0.277

− 0.006

0.049

− 0.107

0.094

50%

0.003

0.067**

0.027

0.012

0.123

75%

0.314

0.133***

0.035

0.060

0.205

90%

0.457

0.166***

0.048

0.069

0.264

95%

0.469

0.169***

0.049

0.070

0.269

Long run: impact of shipping on climate change as trade increase

5%

− 0.531

− 0.287

0.360

− 0.993

0.419

10%

− 0.511

− 0.267

0.349

− 0.951

0.416

25%

− 0.277

− 0.027

0.217

− 0.453

0.399

50%

0.003

0.292***

0.113

0.071

0.513

75%

0.314

0.577***

0.209

0.166

0.988

90%

0.457

0.723**

0.287

0.159

1.286

95%

0.469

0.735**

0.293

0.159

1.311

  1. *** and ** denote 1% and 5% level of statistical significance respectively; SE and TRD indicates standard errors and trade
  2. Source: Authors