Table 12.

Instrumental variable approach

Variables(1)(2)(3)(4)
LNPENLAFLNNUMLAF
LNPEN_LOCAL0.642*** (10.554)0.660*** (14.809)
P_LNPEN0.014* (1.835)
LNNUM_LOCAL
P_LNNUM0.124* (1.779)
Intercept−2.746** (−2.268)10.389*** (54.068)−0.646*** (−2.862)10.438*** (59.842)
Control variablesYesYesYesYes
Year and industry FEYesYesYesYes
N10,23310,23310,23310,233
Adjusted R20.3380.7940.4410.795
Diagnostic tests:
First-stage F-statistic621.22720.327
Shea’s Partial R20.0580.066
Kleibergen–Paap LM statistic146.582***59.633***
Note(s):

*, ** and *** indicate significance (two-tailed) at 0.10, 0.05 and 0.01 levels, respectively. Standard errors are robust to heteroscedasticity and clustered by firm. The control variables are obtained from Model 1

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