Category

Variable Meaning

Label

Definition

Interpreted variable

Risk-taking

Rt_roa

Industry-adjusted Roa Volatility

Return on Total Assets

Roa

Next Period Net Profit/Next Period Total Assets

Explanatory variables

Pledge ratio

Pledge

Number of large shareholders’ Pledged Shares/number of shares held by large shareholders

Moderating

variable

Pledge use

Use

If capital is invested outside the enterprise, assign value to 1, otherwise 0

Controlling svariables

Company size

Size

Natural logarithm of total assets

Asset-Liability Ratio

Lev

Ratio of Liabilities to Total Assets

income Growth

Growth

(Current Operating Revenue - Last Operating Revenue)/Last Operating Revenue

The nature of property rights

Soe

State-owned enterprises 1, the other 0

Listing age

Age

Ln(1+ year of listing)

R & D Inputs

R & D

R & D Inputs/Total Assets

Large shareholder ownership holding

Hold

Large shareholder ownership ratio