Research Article

Accelerated Depreciation Tax Credit and Corporate Financialization Based on the PSM-DID Model

Table 1

Variable code and calculation formula.

Dependent variableRDGrowth rate of R&D expenditure
FASSGrowth rate of fixed assets of enterprises
DTaxGrowth rate of enterprise deferred income tax
FINGrowth rate of financial assets in total assets

Interpreted variableDID
PostIf the observed value is 1 in 2014 and later, otherwise 0
TreatTreat is 1 if the company’s industry is within the scope of six industries; otherwise, it is 0
YearYear virtual variable

Control variableSizeCompany total assets dedimensionalization
LevCompany’s total liabilities/total assets at the end of the year
HtechIf technology enterprise , else 0
AgeCurrent year minus year the company was listed
CashCash and its equivalents at the beginning of the period/total assets
ROECurrent net profit/closing net asset
TobinYear-end market value/book value
GPMGross profit/operating income