Table 8 Robustness 3: Regression results based on sample after PSM.

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

Variables

First step

Second step

Pre zodiac year

Log of donation

Donation ratio

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Pre zodiac year

 

0.207*

0.044*

  

(0.105)

(0.019)

Family firm

0.415***

1.501***

0.159***

 

(0.052)

(0.215)

(0.040)

Taoist atmosphere

−0.900***

10.304***

1.135***

 

(0.202)

(1.622)

(0.299)

Firm size

0.001

1.975***

0.064**

 

(0.018)

(0.106)

(0.020)

Firm age

0.003

0.024

−0.008

 

(0.003)

(0.330)

(0.061)

Firm profitability

0.279

3.004***

0.072

 

(0.307)

(0.899)

(0.166)

Firm leverage

−0.060

−0.332

−0.499***

 

(0.112)

(0.458)

(0.085)

CSR evaluation

−0.002

0.011*

0.002

 

(0.002)

(0.005)

(0.001)

SOE

0.277***

0.178

−0.029

 

(0.060)

(0.354)

(0.065)

Largest shareholding

0.002

0.011

0.000

 

(0.001)

(0.008)

(0.001)

Duality

0.063

0.071

0.007

 

(0.044)

(0.168)

(0.031)

Inddirector

0.098

0.724

0.040

 

(0.267)

(0.843)

(0.156)

Firm visibility

−0.001

0.035

−0.001

 

(0.014)

(0.066)

(0.012)

Chairman age

0.006*

0.029**

−0.001

 

(0.003)

(0.011)

(0.002)

Chairman gender

−0.163

0.452

0.041

 

(0.091)

(0.368)

(0.068)

Chairman education

−0.001

0.061

0.007

 

(0.015)

(0.066)

(0.012)

Chairman overseas background

0.030

0.173

−0.013

 

(0.057)

(0.263)

(0.049)

Industry competition

0.373

0.866

−0.017

 

(0.209)

(0.952)

(0.176)

Market development

−0.004

0.233

0.049*

 

(0.012)

(0.123)

(0.023)

Constant

−3.129***

−40.756***

−1.329

 

(0.376)

(3.892)

(0.718)

Firm fixed effect

Yes

Yes

Yes

Year fixed effect

Yes

Yes

Yes

Observations

35,806

10,921

10,921

Pseudo R2 / R-squared

0.005

0.661

0.596

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