Variable name

Explanation

SYD1

Goodwill Impairment accounts for total goodwill before goodwill is accrued

Recover

Change of chairman or general manager takes 1, otherwise 0

Big4

The value of the four audits takes 1, otherwise 0

Size

Natural logarithm of total assets at the end of the year

SYsize

Natural logarithm of goodwill

ROE

Ratio of net profit to owners’ equity at the end of the year

Growth

Company growth

OWN

The ratio of the number of shares held by the largest shareholder to the total number of shares

Lev

Ratio of total liabilities to total assets at the end of the year

BTM

Ratio of Book value of total assets to market value of total assets

Balance

Ratio of Shareholding of top ten shareholders minus shareholding of largest shareholder to the largest shareholder

Num

Natural logarithm of Total number of directors at the end of the year

Year

virtual variable

Ind

virtual variable