Table 13 Mechanism analysis: social network channels.

From: Knowledge creates value: the role of financial literacy in entrepreneurial behavior

Explained variable

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Expenditure

Expenditure

Revenue

Revenue

Sum

Sum

Panel A: Financial literacy and social networking

Literacy1

 

0.271*** (0.023)

 

0.200*** (0.025)

0.463*** (0.039)

 

Literacy2

0.273*** (0.022)

 

0.161*** (0.022)

  

0.426*** (0.036)

Controls

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Observation

32,288

32,288

32,974

32,974

31,807

31,807

R2

0.144

0.144

0.071

0.072

0.130

0.130

Panel B: IV estimation results

Literacy1

 

0.389*** (0.040)

 

0.368*** (0.046)

 

0.503*** (0.082)

Literacy2

0.421*** (0.062)

 

0.521*** (0.063)

 

0.767*** (0.236)

 

Controls

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Observation

32,288

32,288

32,974

32,974

31,807

31,807

DWH test

42.32*** (0.000)

60.71*** (0.000)

62.36*** (0.000)

79.346*** (0.000)

65.32*** (0.000)

63.14*** (0.000)

First-stage estimated F value

162.23*** (0.000)

171.62*** (0.000)

163.64*** (0.000)

163.43*** (0.000)

168.61*** (0.000)

171.32*** (0.000)

Instrumental variable T value

11.45***

13.32***

11.86***

13.68***

10.67***

12.62***

  1. ***, **, and * refer to p < 0.01, p < 0.05, p < 0.1, respectively.