Relationship between profitability and financial flexibility
| Dependent variable | ROA | ROE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Panel model type | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed |
| 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) |
| FF | 0.2626*** (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) | ||||
| SIZE | 0.0704*** (0.0010) | 0.0704*** (0.0010) | 0.0765*** (0.0012) | 0.1252*** (0.0038) | 0.1248*** (0.0038) | 0.1365*** (0.0040) |
| GDP_GROW | 0.0419*** (0.0034) | 0.0416*** (0.0034) | 0.0227*** (0.0041) | 0.0917*** (0.0159) | 0.0935*** (0.0156) | 0.0573*** (0.0163) |
| No. of obs | 112 344 | 112 344 | 112 344 | 112 866 | 112 866 | 112 866 |
| Joint test on named regressors (F test) | 5834.91 p < 0.001 | 4 521.45 p < 0.001 | 3 427.67 p < 0.001 | 699.31 p < 0.001 | 577.99 p < 0.001 | 573.43 p < 0.001 |
| Breusch-Pagan test | 128876.40 p < 0.001 | 127043.30 p < 0.001 | 112154.70 p < 0.001 | 23880.67 p < 0.001 | 24642.38 p < 0.001 | 23139.69 p < 0.001 |
| Hausman test | 3960.48 p < 0.001 | 4361.94 p < 0.001 | 2454.28 p < 0.001 | 1083.39 p < 0.001 | 1162.99 p < 0.001 | 751.93 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 |
| Dependent variable | ROA | ROE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Panel model type | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed |
| 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) |
| SIZE | 0.0704*** (0.0010) | 0.0704*** (0.0010) | 0.0765*** (0.0012) | 0.1252*** (0.0038) | 0.1248*** (0.0038) | 0.1365*** (0.0040) |
| GDP_GROW | 0.0419*** (0.0034) | 0.0416*** (0.0034) | 0.0227*** (0.0041) | 0.0917*** (0.0159) | 0.0935*** (0.0156) | 0.0573*** (0.0163) |
| No. of obs | 112 344 | 112 344 | 112 344 | 112 866 | 112 866 | 112 866 |
| Joint test on named regressors ( | 5834.91 | 4 521.45 | 3 427.67 | 699.31 | 577.99 | 573.43 |
| Breusch-Pagan test | 128876.40 | 127043.30 | 112154.70 | 23880.67 | 24642.38 | 23139.69 |
| Hausman test | 3960.48 | 4361.94 | 2454.28 | 1083.39 | 1162.99 | 751.93 |
| 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)
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