Table A3

Size effect in the labour and capital efficiencies of firms

Panel A: Labour efficiencyPanel B: Capital efficiency
2006201920062019
Model123123123123
α−3.892***−5.596***−9.051***−0.488−0.5190.18246.791***7.426***8.503***57.443***38.752***36.703***
W*EFF0.075***0.079***0.069***0.008***0.008***0.009***0.182***0.113***0.116***0.086***0.086***0.088***
GIL−0.559***−0.582***−0.544***−0.0370.026−0.035−0.829**−0.885***−0.887***−1.254***−0.999**−1.280***
CMAN−0.278***−0.206***−0.241***0.0720.0590.070−0.781***−0.568***−0.538***0.395***0.384***0.394***
AGL0.393* 0.474**−0.591** −0.693**1.524*** 0.864**−0.453 −0.500
QCT1.953*** 2.112***1.940*** 1.962***−4.229*** −3.245***3.539*** 3.575***
EAI3.161*** 3.595***0.117 0.111−5.538*** −2.974***3.840*** 4.305***
PDOM 4.240***4.933*** −0.987−0.358 46.533***44.522*** 20.082***21.349***
PFOR 3.828***3.402** −1.612−1.427 35.848***35.309*** 17.487***17.898***
GOV 4.5673.852 2.8412.852 51.538***50.760*** 11.43412.094
GIL*D0.3620.3070.280−0.184−0.180−0.1531.1460.9001.1120.5180.4870.647
CMAN*D0.005−0.096−0.007−0.067−0.022−0.0620.598*0.668*0.680**−0.150−0.156−0.122
AGL*D0.260 −0.8350.377 0.999*0.740 −0.4781.531*** 0.574
QCT*D−0.534 −1.731−3.856*** −3.872***8.316*** 6.042***0.216 −0.064
EAI*D−0.572 −2.245*1.129 0.837−0.155 −3.574*−1.294 −1.414
PDOM*D 2.243***4.913*** −1.145*−2.817* 3.522***6.763** 5.887***3.287
PFOR*D 4.753***8.158*** 4.469**3.310 12.502***14.306*** 8.280***6.060*
GOV*D 2.6136.711 7.5096.055 7.4999.698 15.26012.818

Note(s): The Table presents the results of estimating the equation EFFij=α0+γi=1Nwj,iEFFi+β1CMANj+β2QCTj+β3EASj+β4PDOMj+β5PFORj+β6GOVj+β7AGLj+β8GILj+Dj(λ1CMANj+λ2QCTj+λ3EASj+λ4PDOMj+λ5PFORj+λ6GOVj+λ7AGLj+λ8GILj)+μj+εj

EFF=efficiency,QCERT=qualitycertification,CMAN=crimemanagement,GIL=Log ofgraftindexAGL=logoffirmsage,a=intercept,EAS=Externalauditorinvolvement,

γ=thespatialautocorrelationcoefficient,μ=spatialspecificeffects,GOV=governmentownership,β=nonlargefirmscoefficients,λ=largefirmscoefficients,

PDOM=privatedomesticownership,PFOR=privateforeignownership,wj,i=elementoftheadjacencymatrixW.

D=firmsizedummy. It takes the value of 1 for large firms and 0 otherwise. Firms are classified into various size categories in the database

***, ** and * are 1, 5 and 10% significant levels respectively

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