Independent Variables

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

String firms

Non-string firms

String years of string firms

Non-string years of string firms

All firm years

Coef. (t-value)

Coef. (t-value)

Coef. (t-value)

Coef. (t-value)

Coef. (t-value)

Intercept

−0.007

**

0.050

***

−0.013

***

−0.008

*

0.066

***

(−2.18)

(8.51)

(−5.11)

(−1.68)

(26.81)

∆lnS

0.905

***

0.594

***

0.990

***

0.867

***

0.646

***

(126.59)

(89.67)

(193.64)

(87.59)

(109.99)

Employee Intensity

0.133

***

0.467

***

0.051

*

0.189

***

(3.70)

(3.78)

(1.93)

(2.83)

Asset Intensity

0.010

***

0.006

***

0.004

**

0.011

***

(6.47)

(10.78)

(2.36)

(6.15)

Successive Decrease

−0.018

***

−0.069

***

−0.001

−0.021

***

(−10.49)

(−33.19)

(−0.44)

(−10.46)

Stock Performance

−0.028

***

−0.015

***

−0.016

***

−0.035

***

(−18.30)

(−10.84)

(−16.70)

(−15.41)

Industry Fixed Effects Included

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Adj-R2

0.75

0.42

0.92

0.66

0.46

N

59,557

97,768

22,189

37,368

157,325

Number of firms

2760

11,934

2760

2760

14,694