Table A1

Description of variables in the model

VariablesDescriptionUsed in equation
FORepresents total shareholding in percentage of foreign investors in a firm at a quarter(1), (3)
AFIAbnormal foreign investment measured by the residuals of the investment efficiency model (Equation 1)(2), (4)
Tobin’s qRepresents firm performance. Calculated as total asset plus market value of equity minus book value of equity divided by total asset(2), (3)
MTBVRepresents firm performance. Calculated as the market value of equity divided by the book value of equity(2), (3), (4)
ROARepresents firm performance. Calculated as the operating income divided by total assets(2), (3)
IDVOLIdiosyncratic risk, defined as the unsystematic risk estimated for each stock under the three-factor Fama and French model (Fama and French, 1993)(1)
FTSEFTSE Vietnam Index inclusion, the proxy for the firm presence in the international market. FTSE equals 1 if firms are included in the FTSE Vietnam Index and 0 otherwise(1), (3)
lnTAThe logarithm of firm total assets(1), (2), (3)
LeverageFirm leverage. Calculated as the ratio of firm total debts divided by firm total assets(1), (2), (3)
AmihudMeasures the stock illiquidity, estimated from the model by Amihud (2002) (1), (4)
DPSDividend payout per common share(1), (4)
CashCash holding ratio (money available for use in a normal operation), scaled by total assets(1), (3)
lnAgeThe logarithm of firm month ages(2), (3)
CAPEXFirm capital expenditure scaled by total assets(2), (3)
SGAFirm selling and general administrative express scaled by total assets(2), (3)
CloseInsider ownership, measured by the fraction of insider ownership(3)
lnMVThe logarithm of the market value of equity(4)
ln_saleThe logarithm of net sales(4)
rThe average of daily stock returns(4)

Source(s): Authors' own work

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