Table 1.

Sample selection

DescriptionN
Observed companies29,990,166
Deleted: firms with US SIC codes equals to 6, firms not profitable and without foreign subsidiaries.−29,972,217
Parents17,949
Non-banks and non-insurance controlled firms for the 17,949 parents103,612
Deleted: subsidiaries with missing accounting data−70,600
Subsidiaries33,012
Subsidiaries-years from 2009 to 2015 (unbalanced sample)199,863
Deleted: Subsidiaries-years with missing accounting data and without foreign subsidiaries−193,303
Sample for H16,560
Subsidiaries -years from 2009 to 2015 (unbalanced sample)199,863
Deleted: Subsidiaries-years with missing accounting data and with parent and subsidiary in the same country−197,312
Sample for H22,551

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