Table 5

Robustness checks

VariablesAlternative proxy for IVAlternate proxy for IVAlternate proxy for DVAdditional controlsExcluding GFC
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
ROAROATBQROAROA
CGCI_UW0.048*** (0.009)0.027** (0.013)
CGCI_W0.077*** (0.027)0.048*** (0.016)0.049*** (0.017)
DTA−0.163*** (0.010)−0.132*** (0.020)0.077*** (0.010)−0.158*** (0.010)−0.154*** (0.011)
AUD_COM_SIZE0.025* (0.013)
BOARD_SIZE0.026* (0.015)
IND_BOARD0.007 (0.014)
CEO_DUAL0.001 (0.005)
OWN_CON0.006 (0.009)
MAN_CON0.003 (0.007)
Constant−0.381*** (0.116)−0.912*** (0.218)1.963*** (0.111)−0.428*** (0.129)−0.470*** (0.146)
All controlsYesYesYesYesYes
Observations2,3142,3142,3142,3141,483
IndustryYesYesYesYesYes
YearYesYesYesYesYes
Adjusted R20.4070.2680.5190.4050.382
F-statistics56.1727.8579.3740.3344.62

Notes:

This table presents robustness checks for the relationship between CG compliance and FP with mediation of CS; Model 1 replaces the main independent variable of this study CGCI_UW with a weighed CG compliance index, CGCI_W; Models 2 and 3 replace the main proxy of firm performance and profitability (ROA) with ROE and Tobin’s Q; Model 4 presents results after controlling for several additional corporate governance variables; in Model 5, the main analysis was re-estimated after excluding GFC years (2008 and 2009) from the sample; all estimations control for industry and year fixed effects; the standard errors are reported in parentheses; ***, ** and * denote significance at the 1, 5, and 10% levels, respectively

Source: Authors’ own work

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