Table 2

Descriptive statistics and correlation matrix

Panel A – Descriptive statistics     
VariablesNMeanSDp25P50p75
Current ETR1,4660.310.240.150.290.39
Deferred ETR1,4660.040.120.000.000.05
GAAP ETR1,4660.320.230.200.300.39
ESG score24511.9528.080.000.0078.00
Size1,46610.061.948.8110.7412.79
ROA1,4660.060.060.010.050.09
Growth1,4660.140.57−0.030.040.15
ROA volatility1,4662.503.430.511.313.01
Leverage1,4660.140.180.000.070.21
Intangibles1,4660.070.130.000.010.05
Listed1,4660.160.37000
Panel B – Correlation matrix          
 (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)
(1) Current ETR1.00          
(2) Deferred ETR−0.10*1.00         
(3) GAAP ETR0.78*0.34*1.00        
(4) ESG score0.10*0.060.09*1.00       
(5) Size−0.25*0.03−0.32*−0.52*1.00      
(6) ROA−0.00−0.07*0.04−0.08*−0.20*1.00     
(7) Growth−0.04−0.04*−0.05*0.04−0.03−0.001.00    
(8) ROA volatility−0.010.000.030.02−0.18*0.37*0.13*1.00   
(9) Leverage0.04−0.010.030.01−0.00−0.000.030.041.00  
(10) Intangibles0.03−0.000.030.010.010.01−0.000.07*0.041.00 
(11) Listed−0.26*−0.01−0.30*0.030.41*−0.21*0.07*−0.07*−0.07−0.011.00

Note(s): Panel A reports descriptive statistics of the main and control variables used in the analyses. All continuous variables are winsorised at 1% and 99% levels. Panel B presents Pearson’s correlation table. * indicates significance at 5%

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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