Research Article

Centralization and Firm Performance: New Evidence on the Role of Firm Size

Table 5

Panel threshold model regression results.

Variables(1) ROE(2) ROA1(3) ROA2

Age-1.078 (0.069)-0.603 (0.027)-0.504 (0.024)
Growth0.002 (0.001)0.001 (0.001)0.001 (0.001)
Lev-0.035 (0.015)-0.027 (0.006)-0.037 (0.005)
Cash4.815 (1.386)4.384 (0.725)5.546 (0.628)
CRa1.160 (1.423)1.453 (0.586)1.277 (0.517)
Pnpf0.001 (0.001)-0.001 (0.001)-0.001 (0.001)
FirstShr0.189 (0.526)0.237 (0.513)0.251 (0.548)
Cen ()36.923 (7.525)24.077 (4.565)18.352 (3.149)
Cen ()5.422 (1.884)3.048 (0.857)2.703 (0.787)
Cen ()-1.696 (2.017)-1.152 (0.928)-1.006 (0.819)
_cons18.832 (1.583)11.989 (0.673)9.556 (0.594)
184901849018490
0.0450.1190.124
0.0440.1190.123

Standard errors in parentheses. , , and .