Table 6 Endogeneity test (PSM method with logit and entropy balance matching).

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

 

(1)

(2)

 

Logit

Ebalance

VARIABLES

Credit

Credit

lnexposure

0.005***

0.007***

 

(2.72)

(3.27)

Size

0.010**

0.011***

 

(2.56)

(3.08)

Age

0.033***

0.027***

 

(5.78)

(4.74)

ROA

−0.087***

−0.105***

 

(−5.03)

(−5.87)

LEV

−0.124***

−0.114***

 

(−7.12)

(−6.30)

Growth

0.005***

0.004***

 

(3.17)

(2.64)

CashFlow

0.087***

0.088***

 

(6.59)

(7.03)

PPE

0.009

0.014

 

(0.66)

(1.02)

SOE

0.022***

0.023***

 

(2.77)

(2.94)

Top1

0.000**

0.000**

 

(2.41)

(2.08)

Inst

−0.000**

−0.000**

 

(−2.29)

(−2.26)

Dual

−0.001

−0.001

 

(−0.60)

(−0.50)

Indep

0.000

0.000

 

(0.59)

(0.96)

Board

0.014

0.016

 

(1.33)

(1.57)

StaffIntensity

−0.010***

−0.010***

 

(−5.15)

(−5.68)

MarketShare

0.248***

0.324***

 

(2.79)

(2.96)

Constant

−0.185**

−0.210***

 

(−2.10)

(−2.61)

N

9795

11,162

Firm fixed effect

YES

YES

Year fixed effect

YES

YES

Adj-R2

0.807

0.811

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