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. 2021 Feb 17;177(3):585–612. doi: 10.1007/s10551-021-04745-z

Table 12.

Alternative Independent Variable and Sample

(1) (2)
Don_Dum Don_Amt
Panel A: Replacing Confirmed[−3,−1] with Death[− 3,1]
 Death[−3,−1]  − 0.001*  − 0.007*
(− 1.82) (− 1.91)
 Constant 0.006*** 0.035***
(28.87) (28.25)
 Firm fixed effects Yes Yes
 Date fixed effects Yes Yes
 Obs 176,645 176,645
 Adj. R2 0.010 0.011
(1) (2) (3) (4)
Excluding Hubei Province Excluding Wuhan City
Don_Dum Don_Amt Don_Dum Don_Amt
Panel B: Excluding Firms Headquartered in Hubei Province/Wuhan City
 Confirmed[−3,−1]  − 0.000*  − 0.003**  − 0.001**  − 0.004**
(− 1.65) (− 1.97) (− 2.12) (− 2.37)
 Constant 0.006*** 0.040*** 0.007*** 0.042***
(10.49) (10.66) (10.57) (10.77)
 Firm fixed effects Yes Yes Yes Yes
 Date fixed effects Yes Yes Yes Yes
 Obs 172,039 172,039 173,754 173,754
 Adj. R2 0.010 0.011 0.010 0.011
(1) (2)
Panel C: Results Using a Cross-sectional Sample
Don_Dum Don_Amt
 Confirm  − 0.020***  − 0.048***
(− 3.19) (− 2.91)
 Size 0.033*** 0.098***
(6.11) (6.82)
 Lev  − 0.004  − 0.018
(− 0.13) (− 0.24)
 Cash 0.046 0.082
(0.80) (0.58)
 ROA 0.004** 0.010***
(2.40) (2.58)
 Growth 0.000** 0.001**
(2.48) (2.24)
 Age 0.002** 0.006**
(2.13) (2.56)
 SOE  − 0.050***  − 0.134***
(− 3.52) (− 3.65)
 Constant  − 0.059 3.409***
(− 1.02) (22.34)
 Industry fixed effects Yes Yes
 Province fixed effects Yes Yes
 Obs 3,496 3,496
 Adj. R2 0.049 0.056

The t-values (in parentheses) are based on heteroskedasticity-consistent standard errors clustered by firm

***, **, and * indicate significance at the 1%, 5%, and 10% levels, respectively (two-tailed)

Variables of interest are marked in bold