Table 9

Regression results based on 4,303 nonfinancial listed companies from 9 developed countries

(Pooled OLS)(RE)(FE)(OLS with hetero and serial corr.)Two-step
System GMM
VariablesTDTATDTATDTATDTATDTA
L.TDTA    0.639***
    (0.009)
LEVTA (Excess of enterprise value over total assets)2.865***1.614***1.447***2.865***1.450***
(0.110)(0.095)(0.100)(0.198)(0.099)
PCDBM (Private credit by deposit money bank as % of GDP)−0.056***−0.022***0.011**−0.056***0.012**
(0.003)(0.003)(0.005)(0.007)(0.003)
LSL (Log of sales)2.080***1.896***2.257***2.080***2.260***
(0.051)(0.082)(0.117)(0.117)(0.115)
MTB (Market-to-book ratio)−0.323***0.01570.0597−0.323***0.0600**
(0.045)(0.035)(0.036)(0.094)(0.006)
PPETA (Property, plant and equipment, net, scaled by total assets)19.930***18.310***17.550***19.930***17.552***
(0.426)(0.535)(0.612)(1.121)(0.609)
DEPTA (Depreciation to total assets)4.4986.483***9.134***4.4989.136***
(2.795)(2.365)(2.444)(5.794)(2.439)
EBITA (Earnings before interest and tax to total assets)−11.580***−9.992***−10.040***−11.580***−9.041***
(0.581)(0.433)(0.442)(1.094)(0.438)
Fage (Year of establishment)0.0060.0050.095***0.0060.096***
(0.004)(0.009)(0.034)(0.008)(0.029)
POR (Payout ratio)−0.053***−0.038***−0.035***−0.053***−0.037***
(0.004)(0.003)(0.004)(0.008)(0.002)
GDPG (Growth rate of GDP)−0.547***−0.308***−0.135***−0.547***−0.137***
(0.054)(0.036)(0.039)(0.074)(0.032)
INF (Inflation rate)0.137*0.0280.159***0.1370.161***
(0.083)(0.053)(0.057)(0.092)(0.053)
INT (Banks' lending rate)−0.182***0.496***1.544***−0.1821.545***
(0.057)(0.082)(0.119)(0.127)(0.114)
Constant13.680***7.553***2.512*13.680***2.514*
(0.525)(0.780)(1.308)(1.173)(1.301)
Observations38,07538,07538,07538,07538,075
R-squared0.142 0.0620.142 
Number of id 4,2974,297  
Breusch–Pagan LM test (0.000)   
Hausman test  (0.000)  
Multicollinearity (VIF)  1.50  
Heteroscedasticity (χ2 stat)  (0.000)  
Serial correlation (F-stat)  (0.000)  
AR (2)    0.219
Hansen test    0.382

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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