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Table 3 Results of baseline and IV regressions

From: When and where does it pay to be green? – A look into socially responsible investing and the cost of equity capital

 

FE

IV (1)

IV (2)

  

First Stage

Second Stage

First Stage

Second Stage

Market Cap

\(-0.030^{***}\)

\(0.426^{***}\)

-0.016

\(0.426^{***}\)

-0.017

 

(0.011)

(0.079)

(0.013)

(0.079)

(0.013)

Leverage

\(2.565^{***}\)

-0.349

\(2.537^{***}\)

-0.359

\(2.539^{***}\)

 

(0.104)

(0.323)

(0.105)

(0.323)

(0.105)

Book-to-Market

\(1.436^{***}\)

\(0.160^{**}\)

\(1.433^{***}\)

\(0.161^{**}\)

\(1.433^{***}\)

 

(0.028)

(0.080)

(0.028)

(0.080)

(0.028)

Dispersion

\(0.370^{***}\)

0.017

\(0.367^{***}\)

0.017

\(0.367^{***}\)

 

(0.017)

(0.041)

(0.017)

(0.041)

(0.017)

Long-term Growth

\(-0.057^{***}\)

0.032

\(-0.055^{***}\)

0.033

\(-0.055^{***}\)

 

(0.021)

(0.073)

(0.021)

(0.073)

(0.021)

Beta

\(0.397^{***}\)

-0.017

\(0.395^{***}\)

-0.025

\(0.395^{***}\)

 

(0.026)

(0.056)

(0.027)

(0.057)

(0.026)

Return

\(0.044^{***}\)

\(-0.067^{***}\)

\(0.038^{***}\)

\(-0.068^{***}\)

\(0.038^{***}\)

 

(0.012)

(0.023)

(0.012)

(0.023)

(0.012)

SRI

0.071

 

\(-0.574^{**}\)

 

\(-0.530^{*}\)

 

(0.073)

 

(0.280)

 

(0.279)

Affiliation

 

\(0.971^{***}\)

 

\(0.953^{***}\)

 
  

(0.171)

 

(0.171)

 

Sierra Club

   

0.270

 
    

(0.173)

 

Year FE

Yes

 

Yes

 

Yes

Industry FE

Yes

 

Yes

 

Yes

State FE

Yes

 

Yes

 

Yes

Observations

12,134

12,134

12,134

12,134

12,134

R\(^{2}\)

0.653

 

0.651

 

0.651

Adjusted R\(^{2}\)

0.650

 

0.648

 

0.648

\(F-\)Statistic

 

228.78

 

232.19

 
  1. Column 1 reports results of the fixed effect regressions; Column 2 and Column 4 report results of the first-stage correlated random effects probit regression of SRI investment on the instrumental variables and firm characteristics; Column 3 and Column 5 report results of the second-stage regressions using the predicted propensity from the correlated random effects probit models as instrumental variables. Standard errors are in parentheses. *, **, *** denote statistical significance at the 10%, 5%, and the 1% levels, respectively