OLS and fixed-effects results – Kothari-based earnings management
| Variables | Baseline | Expanded | KOSDAQ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLS | FE | OLS | FE | OLS | FE | |
| (25) | (26) | (27) | (28) | (29) | (30) | |
| AvgID_Total | 0.015*** | 0.017** | 0.014*** | 0.018** | 0.014*** | 0.019*** |
| (4.21) | (2.28) | (4.56) | (2.38) | (5.15) | (3.06) | |
| AvgID_Inside | 0.009*** | 0.006 | 0.009*** | 0.007 | 0.008*** | 0.008* |
| (3.93) | (1.14) | (4.68) | (1.37) | (4.63) | (1.69) | |
| AvgID_Outside | 0.010** | 0.012** | 0.008** | 0.012** | 0.008*** | 0.012** |
| (2.55) | (2.07) | (2.28) | (2.30) | (2.82) | (2.57) | |
| Controls | Include | Include | Include | Include | Include | Include |
| N | 3,195 | 3,195 | 3,195 | 3,195 | 3,195 | 3,195 |
| Adj. R2 | 0.09 | – | 0.09 | – | 0.09 | – |
| within R2 | – | 0.03 | – | 0.03 | – | 0.03 |
| Firm FE | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Industry | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Year | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Variables | Baseline | Expanded | KOSDAQ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLS | FE | OLS | FE | OLS | FE | |
| (25) | (26) | (27) | (28) | (29) | (30) | |
| AvgID_Total | 0.015*** | 0.017** | 0.014*** | 0.018** | 0.014*** | 0.019*** |
| (4.21) | (2.28) | (4.56) | (2.38) | (5.15) | (3.06) | |
| AvgID_Inside | 0.009*** | 0.006 | 0.009*** | 0.007 | 0.008*** | 0.008* |
| (3.93) | (1.14) | (4.68) | (1.37) | (4.63) | (1.69) | |
| AvgID_Outside | 0.010** | 0.012** | 0.008** | 0.012** | 0.008*** | 0.012** |
| (2.55) | (2.07) | (2.28) | (2.30) | (2.82) | (2.57) | |
| Controls | Include | Include | Include | Include | Include | Include |
| 3,195 | 3,195 | 3,195 | 3,195 | 3,195 | 3,195 | |
| Adj. | 0.09 | – | 0.09 | – | 0.09 | – |
| within | – | 0.03 | – | 0.03 | – | 0.03 |
| Firm FE | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Industry | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Year | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Note(s): Standard errors are clustered at the firm level
For brevity, this table reports only the coefficients on the main interlock variables. Full regression results including all control variables are reported in Appendix Tables A2–A4
*, **, and *** indicate statistical significance at the 10%, 5%, and 1% levels, respectively
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