Table 6 First linear model of the cash conversion cycle.

From: Macroeconomic factors, working capital management, and firm performance—A static and dynamic panel analysis

Variables

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

OLS

RE

FE

PCSE AR1

PCSEAR1 Het only

2stepSys GMM

GP = L

     

0.344*** (0.105)

CCC

−0.00182 (0.00183)

−0.00182 (0.00183)

−0.00630*** (0.00190)

−0.00302 (0.00198)

−0.00302* (0.00174)

−0.00616*** (0.00186)

Age

−0.103 (0.312)

−0.103 (0.312)

−6.437*** (2.252)

−0.107 (0.207)

−0.107 (0.247)

−2.516*** (0.760)

Size

0.206*** (0.0694)

0.206*** (0.0694)

−0.0848 (0.0684)

0.150 (0.0954)

0.150** (0.0693)

1.245*** (0.152)

DER

−0.0576** (0.0222)

−0.0576*** (0.0222)

−0.0623** (0.0286)

−0.0558*** (0.0162)

−0.0558*** (0.0128)

−0.0549*** (0.0188)

NCFO

0.706*** (0.0576)

0.706*** (0.0576)

0.634*** (0.0632)

0.735*** (0.0660)

0.735*** (0.0574)

0.629*** (0.103)

Liq

−0.289*** (0.0522)

−0.289*** (0.0522)

0.252*** (0.0798)

−0.241 (0.175)

−0.241 (0.170)

0.220*** (0.0188)

Irate

−27.37* (15.87)

−27.37* (15.87)

−36.35*** (13.15)

−25.49* (14.41)

−25.49* (14.11)

−13.57** (6.449)

ExR

−16.94*** (5.096)

−16.94*** (5.096)

−5.827 (4.969)

−13.93*** (4.111)

−13.93*** (4.352)

−17.74*** (2.877)

Constant

83.21*** (24.10)

83.21*** (24.10)

57.14*** (18.92)

69.37*** (19.11)

69.37*** (20.26)

71.28*** (13.17)

Diagnostic checks

Hausman test 93.29***

Multicollinearity Test mean VIF 1.30

Heteroskedasticity test 1476.55***

Wooldridge test 5.207**

Sargan test Prob 0.3052

Arellano bond test AR (1) Prob 0.6510

AR (2) Prob 0.2387

Observations

126

126

126

126

126

105

R-squared

0.746

0.7457

0.602

0.740

0.740

 

Firms

21

21

21

21

21

21

  1. Heteroskedasticity and robust standard error. AR (2) is a test of second-order residual autocorrelation. Sargan test is an overidentification test. Sargan test is used to testing for overidentifying of restrictions. Standard errors in brackets.
  2. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1.