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Table 7 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 ratio t

(1)

(2)

(3)

Liquidity

− 3.07e−06

− 2.76e−06

6.31e−06**

 

(2.82e−06)

(2.82e−06)

(2.87e−06)

Age ψ

− 0.0294***

− 0.0294***

− 0.0273***

 

(0.000873)

(0.000874)

(0.000958)

Large company

0.0625***

0.0625***

0.0716***

 

(0.00173)

(0.00173)

(0.00185)

Medium company

− 0.0688***

− 0.0689***

− 0.0808***

 

(0.00371)

(0.00371)

(0.00395)

Mortgage foreclosure (real estate)t-1 ψ

0.0316***

  
 

(0.00227)

  

Mortgage foreclosure (movable)t-1 ψ

 

0.0217***

 
  

(0.00165)

 

Bankruptcyt-1 ψ

  

0.0165***

   

(0.00195)

Private limited company

− 0.0253***

− 0.0253***

− 0.00392

 

(0.00560)

(0.00559)

(0.00658)

Public limited company

− 0.213***

− 0.213***

− 0.178***

 

(0.00702)

(0.00701)

(0.00786)

Innovative start-up

− 0.00514

− 0.00573

− 0.0127

 

(0.0142)

(0.0142)

(0.0184)

Innovative SME

− 0.0778***

− 0.0768***

− 0.0732***

 

(0.0207)

(0.0207)

(0.0211)

Constant

0.699***

0.810***

0.758***

 

(0.0182)

(0.0116)

(0.0178)

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

0.15

Observations

143,905

143,905

127,712

Number of companies

87,557

87,557

77,853

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