Descriptive statistics
| Panel A: Descriptive statistics (by countries) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firms | Percentage | CSR | ENV | SOC | CSR_COM | |
| Australia | 340 | 22.02 | 46.822 | 36.685 | 40.912 | 0.358 |
| China | 208 | 13.47 | 40.615 | 43.39 | 38.038 | 0.282 |
| Hong Kong | 164 | 10.62 | 42.107 | 40.389 | 40.600 | 0.270 |
| India | 88 | 5.70 | 53.315 | 60.874 | 61.993 | 0.702 |
| Indonesia | 36 | 2.33 | 49.559 | 49.309 | 63.626 | 0.378 |
| Japan | 367 | 23.77 | 50.923 | 65.587 | 51.818 | 0.571 |
| Malaysia | 38 | 2.46 | 47.369 | 49.229 | 56.642 | 0.547 |
| Philippines | 16 | 1.04 | 48.433 | 45.141 | 51.890 | 0.270 |
| Singapore | 37 | 2.40 | 42.532 | 39.537 | 43.560 | 0.305 |
| South Korea | 102 | 6.61 | 52.924 | 63.734 | 57.073 | 0.595 |
| Taiwan | 118 | 7.64 | 44.688 | 56.12 | 48.544 | 0.490 |
| Thailand | 30 | 1.94 | 54.694 | 55.963 | 65.872 | 0.718 |
| 1,544 | 100.00 | |||||
| Panel A: Descriptive statistics (by countries) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firms | Percentage | CSR | ENV | SOC | CSR_COM | |
| Australia | 340 | 22.02 | 46.822 | 36.685 | 40.912 | 0.358 |
| China | 208 | 13.47 | 40.615 | 43.39 | 38.038 | 0.282 |
| Hong Kong | 164 | 10.62 | 42.107 | 40.389 | 40.600 | 0.270 |
| India | 88 | 5.70 | 53.315 | 60.874 | 61.993 | 0.702 |
| Indonesia | 36 | 2.33 | 49.559 | 49.309 | 63.626 | 0.378 |
| Japan | 367 | 23.77 | 50.923 | 65.587 | 51.818 | 0.571 |
| Malaysia | 38 | 2.46 | 47.369 | 49.229 | 56.642 | 0.547 |
| Philippines | 16 | 1.04 | 48.433 | 45.141 | 51.890 | 0.270 |
| Singapore | 37 | 2.40 | 42.532 | 39.537 | 43.560 | 0.305 |
| South Korea | 102 | 6.61 | 52.924 | 63.734 | 57.073 | 0.595 |
| Taiwan | 118 | 7.64 | 44.688 | 56.12 | 48.544 | 0.490 |
| Thailand | 30 | 1.94 | 54.694 | 55.963 | 65.872 | 0.718 |
| 1,544 | 100.00 | |||||
| Panel B. Descriptive statistics (overall sample) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | N | Mean | Std. Dev. | Min | Median | Max |
| ROA | 12,285 | 0.039 | 0.092 | −0.446 | 0.038 | 0.295 |
| ROE | 12,285 | 0 0.088 | 0.200 | −0.989 | 0.092 | 0.786 |
| CSR | 12,285 | 48.243 | 17.967 | 5.240 | 47.84 | 95.24 |
| ENV | 12,285 | 53.284 | 32.107 | 8.450 | 53.32 | 97.45 |
| SOC | 12,285 | 48.808 | 31.394 | 3.710 | 46.99 | 98.89 |
| CSR | 12,285 | 0.482 | 0.180 | 0.052 | 0.478 | 0.952 |
| ENV | 12,285 | 0.533 | 0.321 | 0.084 | 0.533 | 0.974 |
| SOC | 12,285 | 0.488 | 0.314 | 0.037 | 0.470 | 0.989 |
| CSR×CSR_COM | 12,285 | 0.28 | 0.313 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.952 |
| ENV×CSR_COM | 12,285 | 0.35 | 0.405 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.973 |
| SOC×CSR_COM | 12,285 | 0.327 | 0.387 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.989 |
| LEVERAGE | 12,285 | 0.227 | 0.176 | 0.000 | 0.212 | 0.711 |
| SIZE | 12,285 | 15.322 | 1.672 | 10.674 | 15.384 | 19.163 |
| GROWTH | 12,285 | 0.098 | 0.333 | −0.624 | 0.053 | 1.952 |
| RD | 12,285 | 0.001 | 0.0003 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.004 |
| B_SIZE | 12,285 | 9.95 | 4.001 | 1.000 | 9 | 37 |
| B_IND | 12,285 | 35.242 | 25.825 | 0.000 | 33.33 | 100 |
| IQ | 12,285 | 78.16 | 8.094 | 54.208 | 80.625 | 88.333 |
| GDP | 12,285 | 2.743 | 2.510 | −2.460 | 2.461 | 14.53 |
| Panel B. Descriptive statistics (overall sample) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | N | Mean | Std. Dev. | Min | Median | Max |
| ROA | 12,285 | 0.039 | 0.092 | −0.446 | 0.038 | 0.295 |
| ROE | 12,285 | 0 0.088 | 0.200 | −0.989 | 0.092 | 0.786 |
| CSR | 12,285 | 48.243 | 17.967 | 5.240 | 47.84 | 95.24 |
| ENV | 12,285 | 53.284 | 32.107 | 8.450 | 53.32 | 97.45 |
| SOC | 12,285 | 48.808 | 31.394 | 3.710 | 46.99 | 98.89 |
| CSR | 12,285 | 0.482 | 0.180 | 0.052 | 0.478 | 0.952 |
| ENV | 12,285 | 0.533 | 0.321 | 0.084 | 0.533 | 0.974 |
| SOC | 12,285 | 0.488 | 0.314 | 0.037 | 0.470 | 0.989 |
| CSR×CSR_COM | 12,285 | 0.28 | 0.313 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.952 |
| ENV×CSR_COM | 12,285 | 0.35 | 0.405 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.973 |
| SOC×CSR_COM | 12,285 | 0.327 | 0.387 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.989 |
| LEVERAGE | 12,285 | 0.227 | 0.176 | 0.000 | 0.212 | 0.711 |
| SIZE | 12,285 | 15.322 | 1.672 | 10.674 | 15.384 | 19.163 |
| GROWTH | 12,285 | 0.098 | 0.333 | −0.624 | 0.053 | 1.952 |
| RD | 12,285 | 0.001 | 0.0003 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.004 |
| B_SIZE | 12,285 | 9.95 | 4.001 | 1.000 | 9 | 37 |
| B_IND | 12,285 | 35.242 | 25.825 | 0.000 | 33.33 | 100 |
| IQ | 12,285 | 78.16 | 8.094 | 54.208 | 80.625 | 88.333 |
| GDP | 12,285 | 2.743 | 2.510 | −2.460 | 2.461 | 14.53 |
Note(s): Panel A of Table 1 presents a descriptive analysis of our sample countries, including the percentage of firms and the average CSR, ENV and SOC scores for each country. Panel B of the table provides a descriptive analysis of the overall sample, reporting the mean, standard deviation, minimum, median and maximum values for all variables included in the model. The detailed definitions of the variables are provided in Appendix A1
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