Debt and WFH amenability
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High remote working × COVID-19 | 0.003*** | ||||
| (0.001) | |||||
| High remote working wage × COVID-19 | 0.004*** | ||||
| (0.001) | |||||
| High team interaction × COVID-19 | 0.001 | ||||
| (0.001) | |||||
| High customer interaction × COVID-19 | 0.001 | ||||
| (0.001) | |||||
| High Face2Face interaction × COVID-19 | −0.003** | ||||
| (0.001) | |||||
| Liquidity | −0.024*** | −0.023*** | −0.025*** | −0.025*** | −0.024*** |
| (0.005) | (0.005) | (0.005) | (0.005) | (0.005) | |
| Profitability | −0.049*** | −0.049*** | −0.046*** | −0.045*** | −0.048*** |
| (0.017) | (0.017) | (0.017) | (0.017) | (0.017) | |
| Size | 0.027*** | 0.027*** | 0.027*** | 0.027*** | 0.027*** |
| (0.002) | (0.002) | (0.002) | (0.002) | (0.002) | |
| Constant | −0.349*** | −0.349*** | −0.349*** | −0.349*** | −0.350*** |
| (0.023) | (0.023) | (0.023) | (0.023) | (0.023) | |
| Firm fixed effects | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Country-year-quarter fixed effects | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Observations | 75,877 | 75,877 | 75,559 | 75,559 | 75,877 |
| Adjusted R2 | 0.055 | 0.055 | 0.055 | 0.055 | 0.055 |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High remote working × COVID-19 | 0.003*** | ||||
| (0.001) | |||||
| High remote working wage × COVID-19 | 0.004*** | ||||
| (0.001) | |||||
| High team interaction × COVID-19 | 0.001 | ||||
| (0.001) | |||||
| High customer interaction × COVID-19 | 0.001 | ||||
| (0.001) | |||||
| High Face2Face interaction × COVID-19 | −0.003** | ||||
| (0.001) | |||||
| Liquidity | −0.024*** | −0.023*** | −0.025*** | −0.025*** | −0.024*** |
| (0.005) | (0.005) | (0.005) | (0.005) | (0.005) | |
| Profitability | −0.049*** | −0.049*** | −0.046*** | −0.045*** | −0.048*** |
| (0.017) | (0.017) | (0.017) | (0.017) | (0.017) | |
| Size | 0.027*** | 0.027*** | 0.027*** | 0.027*** | 0.027*** |
| (0.002) | (0.002) | (0.002) | (0.002) | (0.002) | |
| Constant | −0.349*** | −0.349*** | −0.349*** | −0.349*** | −0.350*** |
| (0.023) | (0.023) | (0.023) | (0.023) | (0.023) | |
| Firm fixed effects | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Country-year-quarter fixed effects | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Observations | 75,877 | 75,877 | 75,559 | 75,559 | 75,877 |
| Adjusted | 0.055 | 0.055 | 0.055 | 0.055 | 0.055 |
Note(s): The dependent variable is Δ debt. COVID-19 equals 1 for Q2’2020 - Q4’2020 and 0 otherwise. The description of all variables is presented in Table 1. The standard errors are shown in parenthesis, which are clustered at the industry level. ***, ** and *denotes significance level at 1, 5 and 10%, respectively
Source(s): Authors’ computations
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