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Table 6 Effects of TMT heterogeneity on OFDI commitment (using Teachman’s index)

From: Heterogeneity in top management teams and outward foreign direct investment: evidence from Chinese listed companies

Variables

OFDI dummy

OFDI project number

OFDI institutional distance

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

Model 5

Model 6

Model 7

Model 8

Model 9

Functional background heterogeneity

0.654c

 

0.629c

1.599c

 

1.535c

20.789c

 

19.960c

(Teachman’s index)

(0.188)

 

(0.187)

(0.463)

 

(0.459)

(5.943)

 

(5.901)

Tenure heterogeneity

 

−0.502c

−0.485c

 

−1.222c

−1.181c

 

−15.537c

−14.971c

 

(0.137)

(0.135)

 

(0.333)

(0.332)

 

(4.295)

(4.274)

Firm age

−0.067c

−0.062c

−0.058c

−0.166c

−0.153c

−0.144c

−2.073c

−1.918c

−1.796c

(0.008)

(0.008)

(0.008)

(0.020)

(0.020)

(0.020)

(0.255)

(0.261)

(0.259)

Firm size

0.222c

0.224c

0.235c

0.564c

0.567c

0.595c

6.630c

6.675c

7.032c

(0.031)

(0.031)

(0.031)

(0.078)

(0.078)

(0.079)

(1.004)

(1.004)

(1.011)

State share

−0.178a

−0.164a

−0.162a

−0.459a

− 0.425a

− 0.420a

−7.352b

−6.935b

−6.854b

(0.098)

(0.098)

(0.098)

(0.240)

(0.240)

(0.240)

(3.122)

(3.125)

(3.123)

Foreign share

−0.340

−0.348

−0.356

− 0.728

−0.746

− 0.838

−10.745

−10.892

−12.130

(0.263)

(0.261)

(0.261)

(0.636)

(0.632)

(0.632)

(8.258)

(8.204)

(8.210)

Financial leverage

0.001

0.001

0.001

−0.001

0.001

0.001

0.036

0.049

0.058

(0.007)

(0.007)

(0.007)

(0.015)

(0.016)

(0.016)

(0.203)

(0.209)

(0.209)

Operating leverage

0.002

0.001

0.002

0.004

0.003

0.004

0.073

0.054

0.064

(0.007)

(0.006)

(0.007)

(0.016)

(0.016)

(0.016)

(0.222)

(0.216)

(0.225)

Foreign revenue ratio

1.300c

1.306c

1.283c

3.190c

3.202c

3.150c

40.483c

40.690c

39.977c

(0.148)

(0.148)

(0.147)

(0.375)

(0.374)

(0.372)

(4.813)

(4.811)

(4.780)

TMT size

0.006

0.008

0.005

0.015

0.020

0.014

0.186

0.251

0.167

(0.005)

(0.005)

(0.005)

(0.012)

(0.012)

(0.012)

(0.160)

(0.157)

(0.159)

Board size

0.005

0.008

0.006

0.010

0.015

0.021

0.174

0.248

0.187

(0.023)

(0.023)

(0.023)

(0.056)

(0.056)

(0.056)

(0.724)

(0.723)

(0.721)

Independent board

0.042

0.091

−0.008

0.068

0.208

−0.047

1.743

3.763

0.352

(0.666)

(0.663)

(0.663)

(1.621)

(1.610)

(1.612)

(20.837)

(20.738)

(20.745)

Foreign background

0.137

0.201

0.139

0.392

0.544

0.392

3.102

5.000

3.077

(0.449)

(0.447)

(0.446)

(1.092)

(1.084)

(1.084)

(14.062)

(13.996)

(13.983)

Constant

−8.365c

−7.316c

−8.359c

−37.288

−34.077

−35.793

−446.605

−431.232

−453.156

(0.787)

(0.709)

(0.782)

(779.197)

(443.334)

(264.231)

(4099.070)

(10,865.22)

(5140.057)

Industry dummies

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Year dummies

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Log likelihood

−1597.520

−1596.759

− 1590.902

−2189.611

−2188.821

− 2182.980

−3306.984

− 3306.532

− 3300.544

Wald chi2

233.05c

233.74c

240.94c

201.76c

202.91c

207.41c

186.83c

187.21 c

191.89c

  1. Notes. Standard errors are in parentheses. a, b, c denote statistical significance at the 10%, 5%, 1% levels respectively (two-tailed tests)