Table 8

Relation between default risk and productivity

DD(BY)it = β0 + β1 × E.PRODit + β2 × ASS.PRODit + β3 × Leverageit + β4 × Sizeit + β5 × Liquidityit + β6 × Lossit + β7 × Volatilityit + β8 × Ln.AGEit + εit
Dependent variableDistance-to-default (2006)
VariableCoefficientst-Statisticsp-ValueSignificance
E.PROD−0.008−2.230.026**
ASS.PROD0.0152.290.022**
Leverage−0.112−3.060.002***
Size0.06013.330.000***
Liquidity0.2511.750.079*
Loss0.0192.010.045**
Volatility−0.161−18.950.000***
Ln.AGE−0.025−1.110.266 
Constant0.8188.230.000***
Mean dependent variance0.543 SD dependent variance0.371
Overall r-squared0.593 Number of obs.2,510
Chi-square456.652 Prob > χ20.000
R-squared within0.490 R-squared between0.620
Source(s): Authors’ own; p-values: ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1 denote significance level at 1%, 5% and 10%, respectively

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