Table 2

Effect of unrelated diversification on firm performance: regression results

Econometric model(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)
Fixed effectsFixed effectsFixed effectsFixed effectsFixed effectsRandom effects
Unrelated diversification 0.02***0.14***0.04***0.15***0.14***
  (0.01)(0.02)(0.01)(0.02)(0.02)
Unrelated divers. × Industry ext. fin. dep.  0.04*** 0.04***0.03**
   (0.01) (0.01)(0.01)
Unrelated divers. × Fin. constraints   0.84***0.81***0.79***
    (0.15)(0.15)(0.14)
Financial constraints −1.19***−1.44***−1.20***−1.44***−1.48***
  (0.07)(0.08)(0.07)(0.08)(0.08)
Industry external financial dependence −0.004−0.003−0.02*−0.01−0.01
 (0.01)(0.01)(0.01)(0.01)(0.01)
Listing−0.01−0.01−0.01−0.01−0.01−0.00
 (0.01)(0.01)(0.01)(0.01)(0.01)(0.00)
Ownership concentration−0.01−0.01−0.01−0.01−0.01−0.01
 (0.01)(0.01)(0.01)(0.01)(0.01)(0.01)
Firm size−0.01***−0.02***−0.02***−0.02***−0.02***−0.01***
 (0.00)(0.00)(0.00)(0.00)(0.00)(0.00)
Industry growth opportunity0.61***0.42***0.45***0.40***0.43***0.39***
 (0.16)(0.15)(0.15)(0.15)(0.15)(0.13)
Tangibility−0.05***−0.04***−0.04***−0.04***−0.04***−0.04***
 (0.01)(0.01)(0.01)(0.01)(0.01)(0.01)
Leverage−0.08***−0.05***−0.05***−0.05***−0.05***−0.05***
 (0.01)(0.01)(0.01)(0.01)(0.01)(0.01)
GDP−0.000.01**0.01**0.01**0.01**0.01**
 (0.00)(0.00)(0.00)(0.00)(0.00)(0.00)
Unemployment0.040.040.020.030.020.02
 (0.05)(0.04)(0.04)(0.04)(0.04)(0.04)
Constant0.34***−0.01−0.04−0.01−0.04−0.12
 (0.10)(0.10)(0.10)(0.10)(0.10)(0.09)
Observations2,4172,4172,4172,4172,4172,417
R-squared0.100.210.230.220.230.23
Number of id230230230230230230
Industry Fixed EffectsNONONONONONO

Note(s): Standard errors in parentheses; the superscripts ***, ** and * denote significance at the 1%, 5% and 10% levels, respectively

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