Table 4

Change of political connections

(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)
VariablesΔETRCashETR
Prospect−0.024*−0.024*−0.041***−0.040***−0.076***−0.075***−0.072***−0.071***
(0.068)(0.055)(0.000)(0.000)(0.000)(0.000)(0.000)(0.000)
New_PC_Board0.033** −0.001 −0.086*** −0.015* 
(0.023) (0.967) (0.000) (0.096) 
Prospect × New_PC_Board0.074** 0.089** 0.088*** 0.094*** 
(0.046) (0.023) (0.003) (0.001) 
New_PC_MGT 0.051* 0.021 −0.063*** 0.003
 (0.068) (0.376) (0.001) (0.885)
Prospect × New_PC_MGT 0.264* 0.337*** 0.295*** 0.302***
 (0.059) (0.002) (0.001) (0.002)
Defend0.0080.013−0.006−0.004−0.004−0.001−0.0010.002
(0.423)(0.186)(0.501)(0.593)(0.750)(0.907)(0.888)(0.810)
Defend × New_PC_Board0.031 0.005 0.020 0.028 
(0.518) (0.919) (0.516) (0.345) 
Defend × New_PC_MGT −0.104 −0.060 −0.084*** −0.066**
 (0.238) (0.146) (0.002) (0.014)
ΔSize0.026***0.027***0.007***0.007***−0.007**−0.008***0.006**0.006**
(0.000)(0.000)(0.001)(0.001)(0.016)(0.008)(0.043)(0.049)
ΔROA0.123***0.126***0.133***0.136***−0.146***−0.142***−0.339***−0.335***
(0.001)(0.001)(0.000)(0.000)(0.000)(0.000)(0.000)(0.000)
ΔDebt−0.041*−0.041*−0.012−0.0130.060*0.060*−0.003−0.003
(0.098)(0.096)(0.588)(0.583)(0.058)(0.058)(0.903)(0.902)
ΔIntan−0.009−0.006−0.055−0.055−0.037−0.0430.0380.038
(0.802)(0.869)(0.130)(0.125)(0.474)(0.409)(0.431)(0.431)
ΔInventory−0.086***−0.087***−0.059***−0.058***0.121***0.121***−0.006−0.006
(0.000)(0.000)(0.001)(0.001)(0.000)(0.000)(0.801)(0.791)
ΔCross_list−0.054***−0.057***−0.007−0.0080.053***0.056***0.0020.001
(0.000)(0.000)(0.491)(0.422)(0.002)(0.002)(0.919)(0.948)
Constant−0.677***−0.680***−0.161***−0.157***0.412***0.422***0.829***0.833***
(0.000)(0.000)(0.002)(0.002)(0.000)(0.000)(0.000)(0.000)
Industries  IncludedIncluded  IncludedIncluded
Years  IncludedIncluded  IncludedIncluded
ClusterFirmsFirmsFirmsFirmsFirmsFirmsFirmsFirms
Observations11,24711,24710,83010,83011,24711,24710,83010,830
R-squared0.0080.0080.3530.3540.0130.0100.4380.438

Note(s): 1. The dependent measures and independent variables are defined in  Appendix

2. p-values are presented in parentheses

3. ***, ** and * denote statistical significance at the 1, 5, and 10% levels, respectively

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