Table 5

Regression results between investment opportunities and firm performance and the moderating roles of female ownership and concentrated ownership: controlling for additional country-level variables

Predicted signDependent variable = Firm performance (PERF1)
Model (1)Model (2)Model (3)
INVOP+0.083***0.072***0.120***
 (4.199)(3.660)(4.422)
INVOP × FEMOWN+–0.031**–
  (2.083) 
INVOP × CONTROL–––−0.054**
   (−2.262)
FEMOWN?−0.004−0.027*−0.004
 (−0.570)(−1.973)(−0.570)
CONTROL–−0.002−0.0020.039**
 (−0.646)(−0.630)(2.068)
SIZE+0.0050.0050.005
 (1.321)(1.319)(1.283)
FAGE?−0.034***−0.034***−0.034***
 (−6.865)(−6.868)(−6.872)
FOROWN+−0.012−0.012−0.011
 (−1.396)(−1.404)(−1.367)
FINCRED+0.0060.0060.006
 (1.072)(1.045)(1.078)
EXPORT+0.0040.0040.003
 (0.387)(0.393)(0.327)
FINCONS–−0.002−0.002−0.002
 (−0.919)(−0.928)(−0.918)
BUSRISK–−0.017***−0.017***−0.017***
 (−12.356)(−12.432)(−12.509)
CORP+−0.003−0.003−0.003
 (−0.508)(−0.499)(−0.537)
EXTDEP+0.0130.0130.012
 (1.357)(1.365)(1.338)
INNOV+0.010***0.010***0.010***
 (3.127)(3.160)(3.167)
LNGDP?0.0010.0010.001
 (0.107)(0.128)(0.110)
FINDEV?−0.000−0.000−0.000
 (−0.587)(−0.586)(−0.585)
LAW?−0.028−0.027−0.028
 (−1.505)(−1.486)(−1.532)
GFC?−0.031−0.030−0.030
 (−1.448)(−1.433)(−1.424)
GCORR?−0.014−0.013−0.014
 (−0.768)(−0.742)(−0.759)
JUDC?−0.044**−0.045**−0.044**
 (−2.336)(−2.335)(−2.320)
ENFORCE?−0.097***−0.097***−0.097***
 (−3.346)(−3.325)(−3.324)
CONSTANT?0.388***0.392***0.358***
 (3.437)(3.487)(3.112)
Year fixed effects YesYesYes
Industry fixed effects YesYesYes
Country fixed effects YesYesYes
Observations 26,40226,40226,402
R-squared 0.0410.0410.041
Test: INVOP + INVOP × FEMOWN = 0 12.27*** 
Test: INVOP + INVOP × CONTROL = 0  10.62***

Note(s): Superscript ***, **, and * represent statistical significance at the 1, 5, and 10% levels, respectively, two-tailed. Coefficient values (robust t-statistics) are shown with standard errors clustered at the country level. Descriptions of variables are provided in  Appendix

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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