Table 17 The effect of environmental regulation.

From: Green investors and ESG ratings divergence

Variables

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

High environmental regulation

Low environmental regulation

High environmental regulation

Low environmental regulation

ESGdif

ESGdif

ESGdif

ESGdif

GI

− 0.036**

0.003

  

(− 2.43)

(0.22)

  

lnGI

  

− 0.043***

− 0.016

  

(− 3.63)

(− 1.27)

Size

0.021

0.017

0.028

0.023

(0.78)

(0.64)

(1.05)

(0.84)

Age

0.227***

0.240***

0.222***

0.237***

(5.04)

(5.18)

(4.93)

(5.13)

ROA

− 0.304**

− 0.217

− 0.290*

− 0.200

(− 1.98)

(− 1.57)

(− 1.89)

(− 1.44)

Lev

0.302**

0.040

0.296**

0.036

(2.11)

(0.30)

(2.07)

(0.27)

Growth

0.005

0.000

0.006

0.000

(0.51)

(0.02)

(0.54)

(0.00)

CashFlow

0.042

0.023

0.049

0.025

(0.35)

(0.19)

(0.41)

(0.21)

BM

− 0.045***

− 0.021

− 0.050***

− 0.024

(− 2.98)

(− 1.30)

(− 3.25)

(− 1.50)

Intan

− 0.069

0.298

− 0.079

0.293

(− 0.21)

(0.93)

(− 0.24)

(0.91)

SOE

− 0.008

− 0.017

− 0.014

− 0.020

(− 0.13)

(− 0.27)

(− 0.22)

(− 0.31)

Indep

− 0.001

0.002

− 0.001

0.002

(− 0.32)

(0.55)

(− 0.29)

(0.55)

Dual

0.007

− 0.026

0.007

− 0.027

(0.26)

(− 0.98)

(0.26)

(− 0.99)

Inst

− 0.000

0.002*

0.000

0.002*

(− 0.01)

(1.65)

(0.38)

(1.91)

Board

0.089

− 0.084

0.085

− 0.085

(0.91)

(− 0.74)

(0.87)

(− 0.74)

Top1

0.003**

0.003**

0.003**

0.003**

(2.23)

(2.53)

(2.12)

(2.44)

Salary

− 0.000

0.000

− 0.000

0.000

(− 0.83)

(0.46)

(− 0.82)

(0.45)

Constant

− 0.260

− 0.070

− 0.400

− 0.181

(− 0.42)

(− 0.11)

(− 0.64)

(− 0.28)

N

10,714

9,569

10,714

9,569

Firm fixed effect

YES

YES

YES

YES

Year fixed effect

YES

YES

YES

YES

Adjusted-R2

0.608

0.628

0.608

0.629

The p-value of difference in coefficient between groups

0.013**

0.057*

  1. Robust t-values clustered at the firm level are shown in parentheses, and *, **, and *** indicate significance at the 10%, 5%, and 1% levels, respectively. The p-value of difference in coefficient between groups is the result of Fisher’s Permutation test.