State control firm performance
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |||||||||||
| Panel A: valuation | |||||||||||||||
| Tobin’s Q | Tobin’s Q | Tobin’s Q | Tobin’s Q | Tobin’s Q | |||||||||||
| State control | −0.348** | −1.669** | |||||||||||||
| (0.169) | (0.654) | ||||||||||||||
| State control2 | 1.665** | ||||||||||||||
| (0.741) | |||||||||||||||
| Majority | −0.226* | ||||||||||||||
| (0.123) | |||||||||||||||
| Minority | −1.159** | ||||||||||||||
| (0.544) | |||||||||||||||
| Federal ownership | −0.327** | ||||||||||||||
| (0.126) | |||||||||||||||
| Regional ownership | −0.938** | ||||||||||||||
| (0.420) | |||||||||||||||
| Mixed ownership | 0.124 | ||||||||||||||
| (0.141) | |||||||||||||||
| Direct ownership | −0.409** | ||||||||||||||
| (0.167) | |||||||||||||||
| Indirect ownership | −0.273** | ||||||||||||||
| (0.133) | |||||||||||||||
| Golden shares | 0.788 | 0.923* | 1.449** | 1.199** | 0.949* | ||||||||||
| (0.517) | (0.517) | (0.641) | (0.552) | (0.504) | |||||||||||
| LnSales | 0.00884 | 0.0183 | 0.00459 | −0.00687 | 0.0252 | ||||||||||
| (0.0477) | (0.0493) | (0.0464) | (0.0499) | (0.0492) | |||||||||||
| Sales growth | 0.00919*** | 0.00890*** | 0.00746*** | 0.00817*** | 0.00925*** | ||||||||||
| (0.00313) | (0.00288) | (0.00229) | (0.00237) | (0.00299) | |||||||||||
| Leverage | −0.00521* | −0.00511* | −0.00425 | −0.00587* | −0.00518* | ||||||||||
| (0.00294) | (0.00289) | (0.00267) | (0.00300) | (0.00287) | |||||||||||
| LnAge | −0.129** | −0.139*** | −0.104** | −0.166*** | −0.135** | ||||||||||
| (0.0528) | (0.0526) | (0.0413) | (0.0559) | (0.0521) | |||||||||||
| Dual listing | 0.126 | 0.145 | 0.205 | 0.162 | 0.127 | ||||||||||
| (0.167) | (0.159) | (0.139) | (0.139) | (0.165) | |||||||||||
| Constant | 0.688** | 0.762** | 1.038** | 1.282** | 0.989** | ||||||||||
| (0.334) | (0.349) | (0.466) | (0.500) | (0.480) | |||||||||||
| Year dummies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||
| Industry dummies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||
| Observations | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | ||||||||||
| R2 | 0.373 | 0.398 | 0.445 | 0.439 | 0.404 | ||||||||||
| (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18) | (19) | (20) | |
| Panel B: profitability | |||||||||||||||
| ROA | ROA | ROA | ROA | ROA | ROE | ROE | ROE | ROE | ROE | ROS | ROS | ROS | ROS | ROS | |
| State control | −0.0117 | −5.509 | 4.812 | 3.239 | 0.668 | −35.87*** | |||||||||
| (2.753) | (9.990) | (7.302) | (23.42) | (4.764) | (12.23) | ||||||||||
| State control2 | 6.892 | 1.972 | 45.81*** | ||||||||||||
| (11.27) | (25.37) | (14.19) | |||||||||||||
| Majority | 0.606 | 4.552 | −0.419 | ||||||||||||
| (2.005) | (5.488) | (3.379) | |||||||||||||
| Minority | −13.17*** | −22.36*** | −12.75* | ||||||||||||
| (3.675) | (6.590) | (6.674) | |||||||||||||
| Federal ownership | −0.712 | 0.753 | −1.576 | ||||||||||||
| (2.456) | (6.290) | (3.624) | |||||||||||||
| Regional ownership | −6.696** | −4.264 | −15.34*** | ||||||||||||
| (2.993) | (11.21) | (4.420) | |||||||||||||
| Mixed ownership | 2.211 | 9.732 | 10.12 | ||||||||||||
| (3.134) | (8.434) | (6.492) | |||||||||||||
| Direct ownership | −1.585 | −1.287 | 0.843 | ||||||||||||
| (2.101) | (5.802) | (3.598) | |||||||||||||
| Indirect ownership | −0.326 | 5.540 | −7.057* | ||||||||||||
| (3.796) | (8.230) | (4.036) | |||||||||||||
| Golden shares | 5.191** | 5.753** | 13.55*** | 8.278*** | 5.892** | −7.683 | −7.523 | 7.433 | −5.290 | −6.656 | 10.37* | 14.11** | 18.25*** | 17.63*** | 9.605 |
| (2.429) | (2.764) | (3.193) | (2.533) | (2.574) | (7.698) | (8.400) | (5.633) | (10.30) | (8.350) | (6.011) | (5.716) | (6.544) | (6.061) | (5.936) | |
| LnSales | 0.0453 | 0.103 | 0.171 | −0.0670 | 0.165 | 0.864 | 0.881 | 1.055 | 0.810 | 1.221 | −0.0333 | 0.352 | 0.158 | −0.295 | −0.213 |
| (0.636) | (0.647) | (0.629) | (0.621) | (0.658) | (2.155) | (2.206) | (2.169) | (2.302) | (2.263) | (0.991) | (1.085) | (0.986) | (1.009) | (1.010) | |
| Leverage | −0.141*** | −0.141*** | −0.130** | −0.150*** | −0.143*** | −0.209 | −0.209 | −0.190 | −0.218 | −0.221 | 0.00742 | 0.0103 | 0.0175 | −0.0123 | 0.0200 |
| (0.0516) | (0.0520) | (0.0527) | (0.0528) | (0.0517) | (0.139) | (0.139) | (0.139) | (0.145) | (0.138) | (0.0693) | (0.0667) | (0.0711) | (0.0640) | (0.0674) | |
| LnAge | −0.112 | −0.156 | 0.277 | −0.347 | −0.148 | −0.792 | −0.805 | −0.00175 | −1.426 | −0.978 | −0.177 | −0.469 | 0.184 | −1.075 | 0.105 |
| (0.590) | (0.612) | (0.594) | (0.722) | (0.599) | (2.021) | (2.071) | (2.063) | (2.397) | (2.116) | (1.326) | (1.305) | (1.379) | (1.436) | (1.331) | |
| Constant | 12.14*** | 11.96*** | 10.09** | 13.44*** | 11.65*** | 33.17** | 33.11** | 29.40** | 35.32** | 32.07** | 5.939 | 4.732 | 3.639 | 9.979 | 5.787 |
| (4.328) | (4.288) | (4.117) | (4.111) | (4.216) | (13.66) | (13.72) | (13.60) | (14.01) | (13.54) | (6.125) | (6.248) | (6.187) | (6.243) | (6.055) | |
| Year dummies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Industry dummies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Observations | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 |
| R2 | 0.223 | 0.225 | 0.265 | 0.235 | 0.226 | 0.135 | 0.135 | 0.147 | 0.137 | 0.136 | 0.216 | 0.260 | 0.239 | 0.273 | 0.242 |
| (21) | (22) | (23) | (24) | (25) | |||||||||||
| Panel C: efficiency | |||||||||||||||
| Sales/employee | Sales/employee | Sales/employee | Sales/employee | Sales/employee | |||||||||||
| State control | −6.754** | −19.98** | |||||||||||||
| (2.998) | (9.365) | ||||||||||||||
| State control2 | 16.63 | ||||||||||||||
| (11.04) | |||||||||||||||
| Majority | −5.327** | ||||||||||||||
| (2.275) | |||||||||||||||
| Minority | −6.215** | ||||||||||||||
| (2.577) | |||||||||||||||
| Federal ownership | −6.210** | ||||||||||||||
| (2.361) | |||||||||||||||
| Regional ownership | −5.407 | ||||||||||||||
| (3.777) | |||||||||||||||
| Mixed ownership | −0.195 | ||||||||||||||
| (2.795) | |||||||||||||||
| Direct ownership | −6.172** | ||||||||||||||
| (2.604) | |||||||||||||||
| Indirect ownership | −4.182* | ||||||||||||||
| (2.327) | |||||||||||||||
| Golden shares | −2.203 | −0.881 | 0.229 | −0.162 | 0.172 | ||||||||||
| (3.232) | (2.899) | (2.327) | (2.089) | (2.813) | |||||||||||
| LnAge | −0.428 | −0.534 | −0.446 | −0.904 | −0.533 | ||||||||||
| (0.848) | (0.844) | (0.874) | (0.868) | (0.857) | |||||||||||
| LnTotal assets | 1.213** | 1.264** | 1.270** | 1.262** | 1.381** | ||||||||||
| (0.591) | (0.567) | (0.577) | (0.612) | (0.617) | |||||||||||
| Constant | 2.104 | 2.178 | 1.870 | 3.234 | 1.658 | ||||||||||
| (3.996) | (3.903) | (3.994) | (4.068) | (3.981) | |||||||||||
| Year dummies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||
| Industry dummies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||
| Observations | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | ||||||||||
| R2 | 0.284 | 0.297 | 0.299 | 0.314 | 0.302 | ||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |||||||||||
| Tobin’s | Tobin’s | Tobin’s | Tobin’s | Tobin’s | |||||||||||
| State control | −0.348** | −1.669** | |||||||||||||
| (0.169) | (0.654) | ||||||||||||||
| State control2 | 1.665** | ||||||||||||||
| (0.741) | |||||||||||||||
| Majority | −0.226* | ||||||||||||||
| (0.123) | |||||||||||||||
| Minority | −1.159** | ||||||||||||||
| (0.544) | |||||||||||||||
| Federal ownership | −0.327** | ||||||||||||||
| (0.126) | |||||||||||||||
| Regional ownership | −0.938** | ||||||||||||||
| (0.420) | |||||||||||||||
| Mixed ownership | 0.124 | ||||||||||||||
| (0.141) | |||||||||||||||
| Direct ownership | −0.409** | ||||||||||||||
| (0.167) | |||||||||||||||
| Indirect ownership | −0.273** | ||||||||||||||
| (0.133) | |||||||||||||||
| Golden shares | 0.788 | 0.923* | 1.449** | 1.199** | 0.949* | ||||||||||
| (0.517) | (0.517) | (0.641) | (0.552) | (0.504) | |||||||||||
| LnSales | 0.00884 | 0.0183 | 0.00459 | −0.00687 | 0.0252 | ||||||||||
| (0.0477) | (0.0493) | (0.0464) | (0.0499) | (0.0492) | |||||||||||
| Sales growth | 0.00919*** | 0.00890*** | 0.00746*** | 0.00817*** | 0.00925*** | ||||||||||
| (0.00313) | (0.00288) | (0.00229) | (0.00237) | (0.00299) | |||||||||||
| Leverage | −0.00521* | −0.00511* | −0.00425 | −0.00587* | −0.00518* | ||||||||||
| (0.00294) | (0.00289) | (0.00267) | (0.00300) | (0.00287) | |||||||||||
| LnAge | −0.129** | −0.139*** | −0.104** | −0.166*** | −0.135** | ||||||||||
| (0.0528) | (0.0526) | (0.0413) | (0.0559) | (0.0521) | |||||||||||
| Dual listing | 0.126 | 0.145 | 0.205 | 0.162 | 0.127 | ||||||||||
| (0.167) | (0.159) | (0.139) | (0.139) | (0.165) | |||||||||||
| Constant | 0.688** | 0.762** | 1.038** | 1.282** | 0.989** | ||||||||||
| (0.334) | (0.349) | (0.466) | (0.500) | (0.480) | |||||||||||
| Year dummies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||
| Industry dummies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||
| Observations | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | ||||||||||
| 0.373 | 0.398 | 0.445 | 0.439 | 0.404 | |||||||||||
| (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18) | (19) | (20) | |
| ROA | ROA | ROA | ROA | ROA | ROE | ROE | ROE | ROE | ROE | ROS | ROS | ROS | ROS | ROS | |
| State control | −0.0117 | −5.509 | 4.812 | 3.239 | 0.668 | −35.87*** | |||||||||
| (2.753) | (9.990) | (7.302) | (23.42) | (4.764) | (12.23) | ||||||||||
| State control2 | 6.892 | 1.972 | 45.81*** | ||||||||||||
| (11.27) | (25.37) | (14.19) | |||||||||||||
| Majority | 0.606 | 4.552 | −0.419 | ||||||||||||
| (2.005) | (5.488) | (3.379) | |||||||||||||
| Minority | −13.17*** | −22.36*** | −12.75* | ||||||||||||
| (3.675) | (6.590) | (6.674) | |||||||||||||
| Federal ownership | −0.712 | 0.753 | −1.576 | ||||||||||||
| (2.456) | (6.290) | (3.624) | |||||||||||||
| Regional ownership | −6.696** | −4.264 | −15.34*** | ||||||||||||
| (2.993) | (11.21) | (4.420) | |||||||||||||
| Mixed ownership | 2.211 | 9.732 | 10.12 | ||||||||||||
| (3.134) | (8.434) | (6.492) | |||||||||||||
| Direct ownership | −1.585 | −1.287 | 0.843 | ||||||||||||
| (2.101) | (5.802) | (3.598) | |||||||||||||
| Indirect ownership | −0.326 | 5.540 | −7.057* | ||||||||||||
| (3.796) | (8.230) | (4.036) | |||||||||||||
| Golden shares | 5.191** | 5.753** | 13.55*** | 8.278*** | 5.892** | −7.683 | −7.523 | 7.433 | −5.290 | −6.656 | 10.37* | 14.11** | 18.25*** | 17.63*** | 9.605 |
| (2.429) | (2.764) | (3.193) | (2.533) | (2.574) | (7.698) | (8.400) | (5.633) | (10.30) | (8.350) | (6.011) | (5.716) | (6.544) | (6.061) | (5.936) | |
| LnSales | 0.0453 | 0.103 | 0.171 | −0.0670 | 0.165 | 0.864 | 0.881 | 1.055 | 0.810 | 1.221 | −0.0333 | 0.352 | 0.158 | −0.295 | −0.213 |
| (0.636) | (0.647) | (0.629) | (0.621) | (0.658) | (2.155) | (2.206) | (2.169) | (2.302) | (2.263) | (0.991) | (1.085) | (0.986) | (1.009) | (1.010) | |
| Leverage | −0.141*** | −0.141*** | −0.130** | −0.150*** | −0.143*** | −0.209 | −0.209 | −0.190 | −0.218 | −0.221 | 0.00742 | 0.0103 | 0.0175 | −0.0123 | 0.0200 |
| (0.0516) | (0.0520) | (0.0527) | (0.0528) | (0.0517) | (0.139) | (0.139) | (0.139) | (0.145) | (0.138) | (0.0693) | (0.0667) | (0.0711) | (0.0640) | (0.0674) | |
| LnAge | −0.112 | −0.156 | 0.277 | −0.347 | −0.148 | −0.792 | −0.805 | −0.00175 | −1.426 | −0.978 | −0.177 | −0.469 | 0.184 | −1.075 | 0.105 |
| (0.590) | (0.612) | (0.594) | (0.722) | (0.599) | (2.021) | (2.071) | (2.063) | (2.397) | (2.116) | (1.326) | (1.305) | (1.379) | (1.436) | (1.331) | |
| Constant | 12.14*** | 11.96*** | 10.09** | 13.44*** | 11.65*** | 33.17** | 33.11** | 29.40** | 35.32** | 32.07** | 5.939 | 4.732 | 3.639 | 9.979 | 5.787 |
| (4.328) | (4.288) | (4.117) | (4.111) | (4.216) | (13.66) | (13.72) | (13.60) | (14.01) | (13.54) | (6.125) | (6.248) | (6.187) | (6.243) | (6.055) | |
| Year dummies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Industry dummies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Observations | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 |
| 0.223 | 0.225 | 0.265 | 0.235 | 0.226 | 0.135 | 0.135 | 0.147 | 0.137 | 0.136 | 0.216 | 0.260 | 0.239 | 0.273 | 0.242 | |
| (21) | (22) | (23) | (24) | (25) | |||||||||||
| Sales/employee | Sales/employee | Sales/employee | Sales/employee | Sales/employee | |||||||||||
| State control | −6.754** | −19.98** | |||||||||||||
| (2.998) | (9.365) | ||||||||||||||
| State control2 | 16.63 | ||||||||||||||
| (11.04) | |||||||||||||||
| Majority | −5.327** | ||||||||||||||
| (2.275) | |||||||||||||||
| Minority | −6.215** | ||||||||||||||
| (2.577) | |||||||||||||||
| Federal ownership | −6.210** | ||||||||||||||
| (2.361) | |||||||||||||||
| Regional ownership | −5.407 | ||||||||||||||
| (3.777) | |||||||||||||||
| Mixed ownership | −0.195 | ||||||||||||||
| (2.795) | |||||||||||||||
| Direct ownership | −6.172** | ||||||||||||||
| (2.604) | |||||||||||||||
| Indirect ownership | −4.182* | ||||||||||||||
| (2.327) | |||||||||||||||
| Golden shares | −2.203 | −0.881 | 0.229 | −0.162 | 0.172 | ||||||||||
| (3.232) | (2.899) | (2.327) | (2.089) | (2.813) | |||||||||||
| LnAge | −0.428 | −0.534 | −0.446 | −0.904 | −0.533 | ||||||||||
| (0.848) | (0.844) | (0.874) | (0.868) | (0.857) | |||||||||||
| LnTotal assets | 1.213** | 1.264** | 1.270** | 1.262** | 1.381** | ||||||||||
| (0.591) | (0.567) | (0.577) | (0.612) | (0.617) | |||||||||||
| Constant | 2.104 | 2.178 | 1.870 | 3.234 | 1.658 | ||||||||||
| (3.996) | (3.903) | (3.994) | (4.068) | (3.981) | |||||||||||
| Year dummies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||
| Industry dummies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||
| Observations | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | ||||||||||
| 0.284 | 0.297 | 0.299 | 0.314 | 0.302 | |||||||||||
Notes: The table reports results from panel data estimations (a balanced panel) of our performance measures on state ownership and a set of financial and other control variables using robust and cluster-adjusted estimations of standard errors. Variables are defined in Section 4.2 and Table II. Standard errors are in parentheses the coefficient estimates. All models include sector and time dummies. The number of firm-years is 288. *,**,***Significant at the 10, 5 and 1 percent levels, respectively
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