Table 8

Regression results based on 4,912 nonfinancial listed firms from 23 developing countries

Variables(Pooled OLS)(RE)(FE)(OLS with hetero and serial corr.)Two-step system GMM
TDTATDTATDTATDTATDTA
L.TDTA    0.736***
    (0.012)
LEVTA (Excess of enterprise value over total assets)0.479***0.551***0.637***0.579**0.638***
(0.111)(0.10)(0.109)(0.284)(0.107)
PCDBM (Private credit by deposit money bank as % of GDP)0.024***0.0060.074***0.024***0.075***
(0.004)(0.007)(0.014)(0.009)(0.012)
LSL (Log of sales)2.780***1.782***1.273***2.780***1.275***
(0.067)(0.098)(0.120)(0.179)(0.118)
MTB (Market-to-book ratio)0.181***0.176***0.184***0.181*0.185***
(0.048)(0.037)(0.038)(0.109)(0.037)
PPETA (Property, plant and equipment, net, scaled by total assets)15.550***15.310***14.990***15.550***14.992***
(0.430)(0.533)(0.602)(1.084)(0.599)
DEPTA (Depreciation to total assets)7.080**−1.012−0.8527.080−0.853
(3.536)(3.043)(3.144)(7.747)(3.139)
EBITA (Earnings before interest and tax to total assets)−47.200***−26.530***−23.520***−47.200***−23.518***
(1.165)(0.885)(0.904)(3.431)(0.899)
Fage (Year of establishment)−0.052***−0.048***−0.081***−0.052***−0.083***
(0.004)(0.009)(0.016)(0.011)(0.013)
POR (Payout ratio)−0.137***−0.073***−0.060***−0.137***−0.061***
(0.004)(0.003)(0.003)(0.008)(0.001)
GDPG (Growth rate of GDP)0.485***−0.075**−0.115***0.485***−0.117***
(0.041)(0.035)(0.039)(0.077)(0.034)
INF (Inflation rate)0.369***0.252***0.236***0.369***0.239***
(0.029)(0.020)(0.021)(0.047)(0.019)
INT (Banks' lending rate)0.294***0.104***−0.03680.294***−0.039
(0.015)(0.024)(0.032)(0.035)(0.028)
Constant1.01411.120***12.940***1.01412.938**
(0.716)(1.032)(1.292)(1.700)(1.290)
Observations43,86643,86643,86643,86643,866
R-squared0.163 0.0520.163 
Number of id 4,9064,906  
Breusch–Pagan LM test (0.000)   
Hausman test  (0.000)  
Multicollinearity (VIF)  1.25  
Heteroscedasticity (χ2 stat)  (0.000)  
Serial correlation (F-stat)  (0.000)  
AR (2)    0.235
Hansen test    0.493

Note(s): (a) See Table 1 for the definition of variables and measurements. Asterisks indicate significance at 1 (***), 5 (**) and 10% (*)

(b) The standard errors are reported in parentheses

Source(s): Table by Thakur and modified by Matemilola

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