Table 2

Correlation matrix

ObsTOBINAEMREMCSRSTATESIZEBOARDAGEROAWOMENINDEPLEV
TOBIN1,2751.0000           
AEM1,327−0.0773***1.0000          
REM1,539−0.1317***0.2423***1.0000         
CSR1,5390.2783***−0.3254***0.0885***1.0000        
STATE1,5520.1146***0.1703**0.0512**0.4220***1.0000       
SIZE1,3260.5205***−0.4384***−0.01870.5021***0.3061***1.0000      
BOARD1,5610.1544**0.2901 ***0.0458*0.5321***0.4142***0.3846***1.0000     
AGE1,5550.1214***−0.1147***0.0512**0.1010***−0.0726***0.1620***0.0951***1.0000    
ROA1,4120.0072−0.1152−0.0280−0.0215−0.0096−0.0708***0.0280−0.04351.0000   
WOMEN1,554−0.1066***0.1657***−0.0631**−0.1605***−0.0504**−0.1916***−0.1369***−0.0512**−0.01051.0000  
INDEP1,5610.0958***−0.1054***0.0531**0.2622***0.0942***0.2416***0.2577***0.1351***0.0039−0.04161.0000 
LEV1,321−0.04280.0245*−0.01390.1076***0.0686**0.1105***0.0572**0.00070.0599**−0.0582**0.03001.0000

Source(s): Author's own creation/work

The table reports Pearson correlation coefficients between variables for the observations from 2012 to 2018. Variable definitions are provided in  Appendix B. *, ** and *** denote statistical significance at the 10%, 5% and 1% levels, respectively

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