Descriptive statistics
| Variable | Full sample (1) | Risk-seeking firms (2) | Risk-averse firms (3) | Difference (4) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | STD | Mean | STD | Mean | STD | (2)–(3) | |
| CSR | 3.801 | 1.069 | 4.066 | 1.007 | 3.536 | 1.070 | 0.530*** |
| CSR_EXT | 3.772 | 1.109 | 4.051 | 1.020 | 3.494 | 1.131 | 0.558*** |
| CSR_INT | 3.872 | 1.187 | 4.102 | 1.156 | 3.642 | 1.180 | 0.459** |
| ALIGN | 0.410 | 0.493 | 0.347 | 0.479 | 0.472 | 0.503 | −0.125* |
| ROA | 0.058 | 0.063 | 0.051 | 0.057 | 0.066 | 0.069 | −0.015 |
| ROS | 0.061 | 0.069 | 0.055 | 0.072 | 0.066 | 0.066 | −0.011 |
| MATURITY | 4.507 | 1.797 | 4.625 | 1.533 | 4.389 | 2.032 | 0.236 |
| MULTI | 0.583 | 0.495 | 0.528 | 0.503 | 0.639 | 0.484 | −0.111 |
| EMPLOYEE | 2.722 | 1.934 | 2.611 | 1.961 | 2.833 | 1.914 | −0.222 |
| IPIPR | 0.006 | 0.034 | 0.002 | 0.006 | 0.010 | 0.047 | −0.008 |
| PM | 0.065 | 0.098 | 0.056 | 0.078 | 0.072 | 0.114 | −0.016 |
| ICE | 0.010 | 0.023 | 0.013 | 0.029 | 0.008 | 0.014 | 0.005 |
| SIZE | 11.656 | 1.854 | 11.597 | 2.155 | 11.715 | 1.508 | −0.118 |
| LEV | 0.138 | 0.163 | 0.141 | 0.163 | 0.134 | 0.164 | 0.006 |
| ACTVOL | 0.041 | 0.051 | 0.046 | 0.054 | 0.037 | 0.049 | 0.009 |
| INDUSTRY | 0.646 | 0.480 | 0.597 | 0.494 | 0.694 | 0.464 | −0.097 |
| Variable | Full sample (1) | Risk-seeking firms (2) | Risk-averse firms (3) | Difference (4) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | STD | Mean | STD | Mean | STD | (2)–(3) | |
| CSR | 3.801 | 1.069 | 4.066 | 1.007 | 3.536 | 1.070 | 0.530*** |
| CSR_EXT | 3.772 | 1.109 | 4.051 | 1.020 | 3.494 | 1.131 | 0.558*** |
| CSR_INT | 3.872 | 1.187 | 4.102 | 1.156 | 3.642 | 1.180 | 0.459** |
| ALIGN | 0.410 | 0.493 | 0.347 | 0.479 | 0.472 | 0.503 | −0.125* |
| ROA | 0.058 | 0.063 | 0.051 | 0.057 | 0.066 | 0.069 | −0.015 |
| ROS | 0.061 | 0.069 | 0.055 | 0.072 | 0.066 | 0.066 | −0.011 |
| MATURITY | 4.507 | 1.797 | 4.625 | 1.533 | 4.389 | 2.032 | 0.236 |
| MULTI | 0.583 | 0.495 | 0.528 | 0.503 | 0.639 | 0.484 | −0.111 |
| EMPLOYEE | 2.722 | 1.934 | 2.611 | 1.961 | 2.833 | 1.914 | −0.222 |
| IPIPR | 0.006 | 0.034 | 0.002 | 0.006 | 0.010 | 0.047 | −0.008 |
| PM | 0.065 | 0.098 | 0.056 | 0.078 | 0.072 | 0.114 | −0.016 |
| ICE | 0.010 | 0.023 | 0.013 | 0.029 | 0.008 | 0.014 | 0.005 |
| SIZE | 11.656 | 1.854 | 11.597 | 2.155 | 11.715 | 1.508 | −0.118 |
| LEV | 0.138 | 0.163 | 0.141 | 0.163 | 0.134 | 0.164 | 0.006 |
| ACTVOL | 0.041 | 0.051 | 0.046 | 0.054 | 0.037 | 0.049 | 0.009 |
| INDUSTRY | 0.646 | 0.480 | 0.597 | 0.494 | 0.694 | 0.464 | −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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