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Table 4

Intra-variability between the top and bottom five companies in the crisis (2008–2012)

Panel A. Syntactical complexity
Sections	Top five companies		Bottom five companies
Sections	Mean	Std.Dev	Mean	Std.Dev
1/3	46.78	10.60	47.78	7.79
2/3	51.14	10.70	48.22	10.90
3/3	48.61	11.57	47.09	8.42
Note(s): n = 50. ,,**/•,••,••• represent significant differences at 0.10, 0.05 and 0.01 shown by Mann-Whitney U/Wilcoxon signed-rank tests, respectively, between top and bottom companies

Panel A. Syntactical complexity
Sections	Top five companies		Bottom five companies
Sections	Mean	Std.Dev	Mean	Std.Dev
1/3	46.78	10.60	47.78	7.79
2/3	51.14	10.70	48.22	10.90
3/3	48.61	11.57	47.09	8.42
Note(s): n = 50. ,,**/•,••,••• represent significant differences at 0.10, 0.05 and 0.01 shown by Mann-Whitney U/Wilcoxon signed-rank tests, respectively, between top and bottom companies

Panel B. Total attributions
Sections	Top five companies		Bottom five companies
Sections	n	Mean (%)	n	Mean (%)
1/3	22	32.84	32	36.36
2/3**	19	28.36	43	48.86
3/3***	26	38.81	13	14.77

Note(s): n = 155. *,**,*** represent significant differences at 0.10, 0.05 and 0.01 shown by χ²/Fisher's exact tests between top and bottom companies