Skip to main content

Table 7 Correlations between continuous variables

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

 

Risk.pr

Mkt.cap

Lev.

BM

Disp.

Ltg

Beta

Ret.

SRI

Risk premium

1

        

Market cap

-0.11

1

       

Leverage

0.30

-0.01

1

      

Book-to-market

0.38

-0.28

0.40

1

     

Dispersion

0.36

0.12

0.25

0.18

1

    

Long-term growth

0.01

-0.05

-0.02

-0.02

0.01

1

   

Beta

0.13

-0.17

-0.03

0.04

0.08

0.05

1

  

Return

-0.18

0.06

-0.24

-0.39

-0.07

0.03

0.17

1

 

SRI ratio

0.03

0.03

0.00

-0.01

0.06

-0.01

0.01

-0.03

1