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Table 4 Continuity of characteristics at the cutoff

From: Does access to credit reduce SMEs’ tax avoidance? Evidence from a regression discontinuity design

 

\(CFO\)

\(LEVERAGE\)

\(INVESTMENT\)

\(FIXED\)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

\(SME\)

 − 0.006

 − 0.007

 − 0.030

 − 0.029

 − 0.000

 − 0.003

 − 0.019

 − 0.022

 

(0.015)

(0.020)

(0.019)

(0.021)

(0.006)

(0.010)

(0.015)

(0.019)

Polynomial

Linear

Quadratic

Linear

Quadratic

Linear

Quadratic

Linear

Quadratic

Sample size

3575

3149

2535

4414

3078

4171

2673

4246

  1. \(SME\) is an indicator variable that is equal to one if the firm's operation revenue was below the threshold of operation revenue. The discontinuity estimates are based on local linear/quadratic regressions. Standard errors are in the parentheses