Table 1

Sample selection and industry distribution

Panel A: Sample selectionObservations
Number of observations for the 2001–2021 period (after removing duplicates)52,877
Less: Insufficient dependent variables observations2,867
Total observation data available 2001–202150,010
Less: Missing observations for control variables15,989
Final data 2001–202134,021
Panel B: Industry distributionObs%
Information Technology (IT)7,84423.06
Industrials6,07217.85
Health Care6,05517.80
Consumer Discretionary5,86917.25
Energy2,8718.44
Materials2,1446.30
Consumer Staples1,6044.71
Communication Services9582.82
Utilities4801.41
Real Estate630.19
Financials610.18
Total34,021100
Panel C: Summary statistics
VariablesMeanStd. devp25Medianp75
zCULTURE0.03521.0004−0.6957−0.14170.5862
DAQ0.02740.03230.00850.01840.0333
RDCA0.05130.03700.03190.04740.0614
M_Ability−0.00450.1422−0.0877−0.03290.0377
Ln_TA6.78671.94525.49066.77928.0514
Leverage0.25890.24280.04600.21930.3881
ROA0.06930.18480.04540.10590.1587
MTB6.645810.4801.53692.63405.2217
TANG0.10680.17900.00800.03110.1066
Sales_Growth0.72032.4443−0.13470.09270.4391
Capex0.04670.05470.01470.02880.0552
B_Size12.6642.371312.00014.00014.000
B_Gender_Div28.5229.221828.57133.33333.333
CEO_Dual0.62210.27540.55470.63240.7480
CG79.43323.24173.85992.32492.324
Audit_Com0.99240.08691.00001.00001.0000
Audit_Tenure11.30685.99027.000011.00015.000
Int_Intensity0.37250.23510.08870.55380.5538

Note(s): This table presents (A) the sample selection process, (B) the distribution of firm-year observations across industries, and (C) summary statistics (means, standard deviations, and 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles) for all variables used in the analysis

Source(s): The authors

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