Table 4 The robustness checks: Changing model and sample.

From: The impact of industrial robot adoption on firm’s trade credit

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

 

Lagged effect

Model change

Sub−sample

VARIABLES

Credit

Credit

Credit

Credit

Credit

lnexposure

 

0.005**

  

0.004**

  

(2.44)

  

(2.11)

lnexposuret-1

0.006***

 

0.006***

0.006***

 
 

(3.16)

 

(3.15)

(3.18)

 

Size

0.009**

0.011***

0.009**

0.009**

0.012***

 

(2.20)

(2.81)

(2.18)

(2.06)

(3.13)

Age

0.032***

0.031***

0.032***

0.032***

0.030***

 

(4.21)

(5.47)

(4.17)

(4.21)

(5.28)

ROA

−0.098***

−0.106***

−0.102***

−0.104***

−0.105***

 

(−5.41)

(−5.95)

(−5.39)

(−5.48)

(−5.97)

LEV

−0.100***

−0.123***

−0.102***

−0.106***

−0.127***

 

(−5.95)

(−7.23)

(−5.92)

(−5.92)

(−7.58)

Growth

0.004**

0.004***

0.004**

0.005***

0.004**

 

(2.35)

(2.71)

(2.39)

(2.66)

(2.28)

CashFlow

0.097***

0.092***

0.099***

0.099***

0.091***

 

(6.92)

(7.16)

(6.91)

(6.60)

(7.05)

PPE

−0.001

0.009

−0.001

−0.003

0.015

 

(−0.05)

(0.62)

(−0.09)

(−0.22)

(1.05)

SOE

0.020**

0.023**

0.021**

0.024**

0.017**

 

(2.25)

(2.45)

(2.16)

(2.50)

(1.98)

Top1

0.000**

0.000**

0.000**

0.000*

0.000**

 

(2.05)

(2.23)

(2.04)

(1.95)

(2.56)

Inst

−0.000*

−0.000*

−0.000*

−0.000*

−0.000*

 

(−1.91)

(−1.83)

(−1.90)

(−1.78)

(−1.69)

Dual

−0.004

−0.002

−0.004

−0.005*

−0.002

 

(−1.31)

(−0.72)

(−1.34)

(−1.67)

(−0.71)

Indep

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

(0.69)

(0.98)

(0.72)

(0.88)

(1.29)

Board

0.006

0.015

0.007

0.007

0.013

 

(0.59)

(1.41)

(0.60)

(0.60)

(1.28)

StaffIntensity

−0.010***

−0.011***

−0.011***

−0.011***

−0.011***

 

(−5.04)

(−5.46)

(−4.93)

(−4.78)

(−6.14)

MarketShare

0.285***

0.251***

0.287***

0.276***

0.273***

 

(3.28)

(3.47)

(3.20)

(2.84)

(3.83)

Constant

−0.151

/

/

−0.148

−0.232***

 

(−1.64)

/

/

(−1.57)

(−2.70)

N

9440

11,162

9,464

8230

10,473

Firm fixed effect

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Year fixed effect

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Adj-R2

0.818

/

/

0.813

0.806

  1. Robust t-values clustered at the firm level are shown in parentheses; *, **, and *** denote significance at the 10%, 5%, and 1% levels, respectively.