Correction: Lei et al. Research on Regional Disparities and Determinants of Carbon Emission Efficiency: A Case Study of Hubei Province, China. Sustainability 2025, 17, 9465

The authors would like to make the following corrections to the published paper [1]. The changes are as follows:

The authors would like to change one part of the table content, so we need to replace the original Table 7:

Table 7. Direct, indirect, and total effects of the SDM on CEE in 12 prefecture-level cities of Hubei from 2006 to 2022.

Variable	Direct Effect	Indirect Effect	Total Effect
Energy intensity	0.1286 ***	−0.0038	0.1248 ***
	(0.0020)	(0.0033)	(0.0038)
Proportion of hydropower	0.5811	−1.0212	−0.4401
	(0.6316)	(1.0003)	(0.9263)
Per capita regional GDP	0.1048 ***	0.0018	0.1066 ***
	(0.0028)	(0.0043)	(0.0039)
Share of the secondary sector	0.0950 ***	−0.0902 ***	0.0047
	(0.0077)	(0.0133)	(0.0154)
E	0.1008 ***	−0.0003	0.1005 ***
	(0.0014)	(0.0024)	(0.0028)
Population density	0.1033 ***	−0.0117 ***	0.0916 ***
	(0.0016)	(0.0027)	(0.0031)
Urbanization rate	0.0999 ***	−0.0112	0.0887 ***
	(0.0039)	(0.0099)	(0.0101)
$\rho$			−0.2230 **
			−0.0953
${\sigma }^2$			−0.0000 ***
			(0.0000)
Regional fixed effect	Yes	Time fixed effect	Yes
R2			0.958

Note: *** and ** indicate significance at the 0.01 and 0.05 levels.

Table 7. Direct, indirect, and total effects of the SDM on CEE in 12 prefecture-level cities of Hubei from 2006 to 2022.

Variable	Direct Effect	Indirect Effect	Total Effect
Energy intensity	0.1286 ***	−0.0038	0.1248 ***
	(0.0020)	(0.0033)	(0.0038)
Proportion of hydropower	0.5811	−1.0212	−0.4401
	(0.6316)	(1.0003)	(0.9263)
Per capita regional GDP	0.1048 ***	0.0018	0.1066 ***
	(0.0028)	(0.0043)	(0.0039)
Share of the secondary sector	0.0950 ***	−0.0902 ***	0.0047
	(0.0077)	(0.0133)	(0.0154)
E	0.1008 ***	−0.0003	0.1005 ***
	(0.0014)	(0.0024)	(0.0028)
Population density	0.1033 ***	−0.0117 ***	0.0916 ***
	(0.0016)	(0.0027)	(0.0031)
Urbanization rate	0.0999 ***	−0.0112	0.0887 ***
	(0.0039)	(0.0099)	(0.0101)
$\rho$			−0.2230 **
			−0.0953
${\sigma }^2$			−0.0000 ***
			(0.0000)
Regional fixed effect	Yes	Time fixed effect	Yes
R2			0.958

Note: *** and ** indicate significance at the 0.01 and 0.05 levels.

with

Table 7. Direct, indirect, and total effects of the SDM on CEE in 12 prefecture-level cities of Hubei from 2006 to 2022.

Variable	Direct Effect	Indirect Effect	Total Effect
Energy intensity	0.1286 ***	−0.0038	0.1248 ***
	(0.0020)	(0.0033)	(0.0038)
Proportion of hydropower	0.5811	−1.0212	−0.4401
	(0.6316)	(1.0003)	(0.9263)
Per capita regional GDP	0.1048 ***	0.0018	0.1066 ***
	(0.0028)	(0.0043)	(0.0039)
Share of the secondary sector	0.0950 ***	−0.0902 ***	0.0047
	(0.0077)	(0.0133)	(0.0154)
Resident population	0.1008 ***	−0.0003	0.1005 ***
	(0.0014)	(0.0024)	(0.0028)
Population density	0.1033 ***	−0.0117 ***	0.0916 ***
	(0.0016)	(0.0027)	(0.0031)
Urbanization rate	0.0999 ***	−0.0112	0.0887 ***
	(0.0039)	(0.0099)	(0.0101)
$\rho$			−0.2230 **
			−0.0953
${\sigma }^2$			−0.0000 ***
			(0.0000)
Regional fixed effect	Yes	Time fixed effect	Yes
R2			0.958

Note: *** and ** indicate significance at the 0.01 and 0.05 levels.

Table 7. Direct, indirect, and total effects of the SDM on CEE in 12 prefecture-level cities of Hubei from 2006 to 2022.

Variable	Direct Effect	Indirect Effect	Total Effect
Energy intensity	0.1286 ***	−0.0038	0.1248 ***
	(0.0020)	(0.0033)	(0.0038)
Proportion of hydropower	0.5811	−1.0212	−0.4401
	(0.6316)	(1.0003)	(0.9263)
Per capita regional GDP	0.1048 ***	0.0018	0.1066 ***
	(0.0028)	(0.0043)	(0.0039)
Share of the secondary sector	0.0950 ***	−0.0902 ***	0.0047
	(0.0077)	(0.0133)	(0.0154)
Resident population	0.1008 ***	−0.0003	0.1005 ***
	(0.0014)	(0.0024)	(0.0028)
Population density	0.1033 ***	−0.0117 ***	0.0916 ***
	(0.0016)	(0.0027)	(0.0031)
Urbanization rate	0.0999 ***	−0.0112	0.0887 ***
	(0.0039)	(0.0099)	(0.0101)
$\rho$			−0.2230 **
			−0.0953
${\sigma }^2$			−0.0000 ***
			(0.0000)
Regional fixed effect	Yes	Time fixed effect	Yes
R2			0.958

Note: *** and ** indicate significance at the 0.01 and 0.05 levels.

The authors state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected. This correction was approved by the Academic Editor. The original publication has also been updated.