Table 11

Mechanism test – financing constraints

(1)(2)(3)(4)
KZESGFCESG
CEO_nar0.077*** 0.008*** 
(3.19) (3.33) 
pred_KZ −0.614***  
 (−2.88)  
pred_FC   −6.229***
   (−2.92)
ControlsYesYesYesYes
Ind FEYesYesYesYes
Year FEYesYesYesYes
Cluster by FirmYesYesYesYes
Observations10,86210,86210,98710,987
Adj. R20.600.120.690.12

Note(s): Table 11 reports whether the effect of CEO narcissism on corporate ESG performance is through the path of exacerbating financing constraints. pred_KZ and pred_FC denote the predicted values of financing constraints in the first stage, respectively. Other variables are defined in Table 1. All regressions are firm-level clustered robust standard errors. *, ** and *** denote significance at the 10%, 5% and 1% levels, respectively

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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