Table 6 Robustness 2: Including zodiac year, post zodiac year and CEOs’ Pre zodiac year.

From: From superstition to generosity: the role of executives’ luck belief in corporate charitable donations in China

Variables

Log of donation

Donation ratio

Log of donation

Donation ratio

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

2 years before zodiac year

0.073

0.019

  
 

(0.083)

(0.015)

  

Pre zodiac year

0.178*

0.036*

0.169

0.040*

 

(0.085)

(0.016)

(0.087)

(0.016)

Zodiac year

−0.051

−0.027

  
 

(0.087)

(0.016)

  

Post zodiac year

−0.045

−0.020

  
 

(0.088)

(0.016)

  

Pre zodiac year of CEO

  

0.030

0.026

   

(0.087)

(0.016)

Family firm

0.827***

0.077***

0.827***

0.077***

 

(0.110)

(0.020)

(0.110)

(0.020)

Taoist atmosphere

4.516***

0.846***

4.506***

0.843***

 

(0.925)

(0.171)

(0.924)

(0.171)

Firm size

1.971***

0.051***

1.971***

0.051***

 

(0.054)

(0.010)

(0.054)

(0.010)

Firm age

0.365*

0.010

0.365*

0.010

 

(0.166)

(0.031)

(0.166)

(0.031)

Firm profitability

3.053***

−0.096

3.052***

−0.097

 

(0.421)

(0.078)

(0.421)

(0.078)

Firm leverage

−0.304

−0.399***

−0.307

−0.400***

 

(0.221)

(0.041)

(0.221)

(0.041)

CSR evaluation

0.013***

0.002***

0.013***

0.002***

 

(0.003)

(0.000)

(0.003)

(0.000)

SOE

−0.325

−0.115***

−0.325

−0.115***

 

(0.169)

(0.031)

(0.169)

(0.031)

Largest shareholding

0.005

0.001

0.005

0.001

 

(0.004)

(0.001)

(0.004)

(0.001)

Duality

0.020

0.014

0.019

0.014

 

(0.080)

(0.015)

(0.080)

(0.015)

Inddirector

0.060

−0.006

0.059

−0.006

 

(0.409)

(0.076)

(0.409)

(0.076)

Firm visibility

0.085**

0.021***

0.085**

0.021***

 

(0.032)

(0.006)

(0.032)

(0.006)

Chairman age

0.018***

0.000

0.018***

0.000

 

(0.005)

(0.001)

(0.005)

(0.001)

Chairman gender

0.024

0.018

0.024

0.019

 

(0.178)

(0.033)

(0.178)

(0.033)

Chairman education

0.025

0.004

0.025

0.004

 

(0.032)

(0.006)

(0.032)

(0.006)

Chairman overseas background

0.006

−0.002

0.005

−0.002

 

(0.129)

(0.024)

(0.129)

(0.024)

Industry competition

−0.281

−0.049

−0.280

−0.049

 

(0.481)

(0.089)

(0.481)

(0.089)

Market development

0.021

0.005

0.021

0.005

 

(0.059)

(0.011)

(0.059)

(0.011)

Constant

−39.722***

−0.864*

−39.728***

−0.871*

 

(1.926)

(0.356)

(1.926)

(0.356)

Firm fixed effect

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Year fixed effect

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Observations

35,806

35,806

35,806

35,806

R-squared

0.551

0.463

0.551

0.463

  1. Standard errors in parentheses, ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05, p < 0.10, two-tailed test.