Table 2

Descriptive statistics

VariableFull sample (1)Risk-seeking firms (2)Risk-averse firms (3)Difference (4)
MeanSTDMeanSTDMeanSTD(2)–(3)
CSR3.8011.0694.0661.0073.5361.0700.530***
CSR_EXT3.7721.1094.0511.0203.4941.1310.558***
CSR_INT3.8721.1874.1021.1563.6421.1800.459**
ALIGN0.4100.4930.3470.4790.4720.503−0.125*
ROA0.0580.0630.0510.0570.0660.069−0.015
ROS0.0610.0690.0550.0720.0660.066−0.011
MATURITY4.5071.7974.6251.5334.3892.0320.236
MULTI0.5830.4950.5280.5030.6390.484−0.111
EMPLOYEE2.7221.9342.6111.9612.8331.914−0.222
IPIPR0.0060.0340.0020.0060.0100.047−0.008
PM0.0650.0980.0560.0780.0720.114−0.016
ICE0.0100.0230.0130.0290.0080.0140.005
SIZE11.6561.85411.5972.15511.7151.508−0.118
LEV0.1380.1630.1410.1630.1340.1640.006
ACTVOL0.0410.0510.0460.0540.0370.0490.009
INDUSTRY0.6460.4800.5970.4940.6940.464−0.097

Note(s): *, ** and *** denote significance at the 10, 5 and 1% levels, respectively. All variables are as defined in Table A2 

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