Table 2

Descriptive statistics and correlation matrix

VariablesMeanMedianStandard deviationMinMax
Panel A: descriptive statistics
NCSKEWT+1−0.68−0.630.68−1.832.43
DUVOL T+10.280.190.11−0.290.54
C_COMP7,87,54,8124,96,34,1106,32,07,33801,89,93,12,654
C_DUAL0.4010.5101
C_STATUS0.6610.3501
C_TENURE12.396.514.130.0557.80
C_DIRECTOR0.9110.2701
INSIDER_TRADES0.2900.4601
LEV0.210.190.3101.28
SIZE24.7624.481.0320.0628.40
RET0.050.020.03−0.080.05
M/B5.454.058.91−186.02284.05
DTURNOVER−1.860.9151.06−803.591097.25
Variables12345678910111213
Panel B: correlation statistics
NCSKEWT+11            
DUVOLT+10.742**1           
C_COMP−0.127*−0.015**1          
C_DUAL−0.061*−0.0246**0.261***1         
C_STATUS−0.234**−0.372*0.08820.445**1        
C_TENURE0.389*0.087*0.2770.233**0.461**1       
C_DIRECTOR−0.0945*−0.112*0.0798*0.0156*0.223**0.065**1      
INSIDER_TRADES0.329*0.517**0.1620.263*0.182**0.1130.371*1     
LEV0.206**0.4430.08220.263**0.087**0.018−0.0450.477*1    
SIZE0.1440.066**0.562**−0.0677−0.457**−0.142**0.022−0.104*−0.212**1   
RET0.221**0.183**−0.116**0.051*0.178**0.058*0.086**0.265−0.098−0.234**1  
M/B−0.018*0.2490.0120.076−0.033**−0.071−0.029*0.172*−0.109**0.172**0.7611 
DTURNOVER−0.2130.056−0.0577−0.1220.075*0.050.056**0.016−0.081−0.0980.165**0.0471

Note(s): ***,**,* indicates the significance of the coefficient estimate at 1, 5 and 10% levels, respectively

Source(s): Author’s calculations based on Stata 14 and IBM SPSS 25

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