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Table 2 Model A: analysis of the Italian manufacturing industry with judicial insolvency procedures at time t-1 (Italy, 2014–2016)

From: Legal environment and corporate finance: evidence from the Italian manufacturing industry

Variable

Debt ratio t

Debt ratio t

Debt ratiot

(1)

(2)

(3)

Liquidity

− 3.47e−05***

− 3.44e−05***

− 2.19e−05***

 

(4.64e−06)

(4.64e−06)

(4.83e−06)

Age ψ

− 0.0296***

− 0.0296***

− 0.0277***

 

(0.000893)

(0.000893)

(0.000979)

Large company

0.0640***

0.0640***

0.0744***

 

(0.00178)

(0.00178)

(0.00190)

Medium company

− 0.0707***

− 0.0708***

− 0.0821***

 

(0.00391)

(0.00391)

(0.00415)

Mortgage foreclosure (real estate)t-1 ψ

0.0324***

  
 

(0.00234)

  

Mortgage foreclosure (movable)t-1 ψ

 

0.0214***

 
  

(0.00171)

 

Bankruptcyt-1 ψ

  

0.0163***

   

(0.00200)

Private limited company

− 0.0271***

− 0.0271***

− 0.00498

 

(0.00574)

(0.00573)

(0.00675)

Public limited company

− 0.217***

− 0.217***

− 0.181***

 

(0.00724)

(0.00724)

(0.00811)

Innovative start-up

− 0.00827

− 0.00877

− 0.0193

 

(0.0146)

(0.0146)

(0.0189)

Innovative SME

− 0.0788***

− 0.0779***

− 0.0747***

 

(0.0209)

(0.0208)

(0.0213)

Constant

0.694***

0.812***

0.759***

 

(0.0187)

(0.0120)

(0.0183)

Macro-area (FE)

Yes

Yes

Yes

NACE code (FE)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Wald Chi-square (p-value)

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

R-squared (between)

0.16

0.16

0.16

R-squared (overall)

0.15

0.15

0.16

Observations

135,665

135,665

120,373

Number of companies

84,155

84,155

74,835

  1. Robust standard errors in parentheses
  2. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1
  3. ψ logarithmic transformation