Table 5

Relationship between profitability and financial flexibility

Dependent variableROAROE
Model123456
Panel model typeFixedFixedFixedFixedFixedFixed
Const−0.5329*** (0.0089)−0.5377*** (0.0089)−0.6115*** (0.0101)−0.9521*** (0.0331)−0.9056*** (0.0329)−1.0715*** (0.0344)
FF0.2626*** (0.0024)0.2597*** (0.0024) 0.3849*** (0.0122)0.4149*** (0.0131) 
FF2 0.0645*** (0.0052)  −0.6490*** (0.0399) 
FF1  0.0596*** (0.0008)  0.0596*** (0.0026)
SIZE0.0704*** (0.0010)0.0704*** (0.0010)0.0765*** (0.0012)0.1252*** (0.0038)0.1248*** (0.0038)0.1365*** (0.0040)
GDP_GROW0.0419*** (0.0034)0.0416*** (0.0034)0.0227*** (0.0041)0.0917*** (0.0159)0.0935*** (0.0156)0.0573*** (0.0163)
No. of obs112 344112 344112 344112 866112 866112 866
Joint test on named regressors (F test)5834.91 p < 0.0014 521.45 p < 0.0013 427.67 p < 0.001699.31 p < 0.001577.99 p < 0.001573.43 p < 0.001
Breusch-Pagan test128876.40 p < 0.001127043.30 p < 0.001112154.70 p < 0.00123880.67 p < 0.00124642.38 p < 0.00123139.69 p < 0.001
Hausman test3960.48 p < 0.0014361.94 p < 0.0012454.28 p < 0.0011083.39 p < 0.0011162.99 p < 0.001751.93 p < 0.001
SBC−223323.31−223984.21−190342.37−166251.79−164037.76−169551.34
AIC−366203.17−366873.70−333222.23−23235.71−21021.04−26535.25
HQC−323068.23−323735.85−290087.29−66402.83−64182.08−69702.38

Note(s): * dependence is significant at the level of 0.1

** dependence is significant at the level of 0.05

*** dependence is significant at the level of 0.01

(standard errors in parentheses)

Source(s): Own elaboration

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