Table 3

Pearson correlation matrix

Variable(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)
(1) DivMethod1           
(2) DIV0(0.748)**1          
(3) DIV500.189**(0.145)*1         
(4) DIVYear0.072(0.115)*(0.039)1        
(5) SDG0.111(0.209)**0.128*(0.007)1       
(6) SIZE0.136*0.139*(0.065)(0.089)0.121*1      
(7) LEV0.0760.227**(0.150)**0.091(0.110)0.700**1     
(8) TobinQ0.028(0.087)0.130*0.135*0.149**(0.388)**(0.564)**1    
(9) ROA0.167**(0.337)**0.229**0.176**0.183**(0.300)**(0.631)**0.493**1   
(10) ROE0.325**(0.320)**0.154**0.146*0.137*0.093(0.118)*0.168**0.721**1  
(11) AGE0.158**(0.242)**0.029(0.066)0.1120.043(0.037)0.0360.0720.0651 
(12) BGD(0.063)0.151**(0.100)0.045(0.033)0.0840.178**0.042(0.010)0.029(0.134)*1

Note(s): ** and * show significance at the 0.01 and 0.05 levels, respectively (two-tailed). Negative numbers are presented in parentheses

Source(s): Authors' own work

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