Table 12 The heterogeneity of CSR’s moderate role in stock return recovery for companies with lower VS higher financial leverage.

From: The effects of heterogeneous CSR on corporate stock performance: evidence from COVID-19 pandemic in China

 

Higher financial leverage

Lower financial leverage

RtnRecovery

RtnRecovery

RtnRecovery

RtnRecovery

RtnRecovery

RtnRecovery

Logcovid19

0 [0.134]

0 [0.128]

0 [0.125]

−0.001 [0.146]

0 [0.140]

−0.001 [0.140]

CSR

2.318*** [0.844]

  

−0.461 [0.960]

  

CSR*Logcovid19

−0.002 [0.013]

  

0.001 [0.129]

  

StrategicCSR

 

0.589 [0.920]

  

0.995 [1.167]

 

StrategicCSR*LogCovid19

 

−0.001 [0.012]

  

0.002* [0.001]

 

ResponsiveCSR

  

2.406** [1.082]

  

−1.406 [1.169]

ResponsiveCSR*LogCovid19

  

−0.002 [0.146]

  

0.001 [0.158]

Size

−0.539*** [0.113]

−0.257** [0.115]

−0.153 [0.105]

0.143 [0.157]

−0.046 [0.158]

0.107 [0.153]

Leverage

−4.425*** [0.645]

−4.743*** [0.646]

−4.665*** [0.645]

−6.476*** [1.320]

−6.563*** [1.319]

−6.360*** [1.320]

ROA

−1.400*** [0.507]

−1.379*** [0.508]

−1.378*** [0.507]

0.059 [1.025]

−0.084 [1.024]

0.103 [1.024]

MtB

−0.226 [0.141]

−0.13 [0.142]

−0.073 [0.141]

−1.075*** [0.104]

−1.095*** [0.104]

−1.081*** [0.104]

Age

−0.596*** [0.180]

−0.595*** [0.180]

−0.521*** [0.180]

−0.400** [0.197]

−0.453** [0.197]

−0.446** [0.197]

SOE

0.116 [0.281]

0.18 [0.283]

0.407 [0.281]

−1.692*** [0.350]

−1.782*** [0.352]

−1.811*** [0.351]

Cash

2.922* [1.682]

2.828* [1.686]

2.870* [1.683]

7.229*** [1.874]

7.059*** [1.874]

7.222*** [1.873]

Growth

−1.760*** [0.318]

−1.733*** [0.319]

−1.809*** [0.318]

0.25 [0.459]

0.34 [0.460]

0.325 [0.459]

Constant

19.454*** [3.053]

15.270*** [3.166]

10.423*** [2.972]

6.737* [3.920]

10.395*** [3.937]

7.629** [3.843]

Week FE

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Industry FE

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N

16734

16734

16734

16431

16431

16431

adj. R-sq

0.046

0.042

0.045

0.049

0.049

0.05

  1. Note: [] denotes standard errors. ***, **, and * denote significance levels at 1, 5, and 10%, respectively.