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Table 5 Hierarchical analyses of ownership and R&D intensity: Tobit estimation

From: Impact of ownership types on R&D intensity and innovation performance—evidence from transitional China

 

R&D expenditure/Sales

Benchmark

Model 1

Model 2

Independent variables

 State stock concentration

 

0.008***

 
  

(0.001)

 

 Private stock concentration

 

−0.006***

 
  

(0.000)

 

 Central SOEs

  

0.022***

   

(0.001)

 Local SOEs

  

0.002**

   

(0.001)

 POEs

  

−0.006***

   

(0.000)

Control variables

 Firm size

0.014***

0.013***

0.013***

 

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

 Firm age

0.000***

0.000***

0.000***

 

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

 Foreign ownership

−0.005***

−0.009***

−0.009***

 

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

 Leverage

−0.013***

−0.013***

−0.013***

 

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

 Employee training

0.348***

0.340***

0.338***

 

(0.002)

(0.002)

(0.002)

 Capital intensity

0.000***

0.000***

0.000***

 

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

 Return to assets

−0.002***

−0.001**

−0.001**

 

(0.001)

(0.000)

(0.000)

 Industry dummy

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Region dummy

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Year dummy

Yes

Yes

Yes

N

465587

465587

465587

χ2-statistic

41250***

41796***

41984***

Log likelihood

174.53

447.59

541.42

  1. ** and *** are significantly different from zero at the 5% and 1% level respectively