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Table 8 Financial constraint effect

From: The effect of option trading

Variables

CAPEX

R&D

AQC

Investment

Equity issuance

Debt issuance

Total issuance

Dividend

Repurchase

Total payout

ΔCash

Panel A: The SA index

LOG (OV)

0.002 (0.001)

0.001 (0.003)

0.001 (0.002)

0.004 (0.003)

0.015** (0.008)

0.004 (0.003)

0.018** (0.008)

− 0.001 (0.003)

− 0.001 (0.011)

− 0.001 (0.005)

− 0.004 (0.003)

IAD*LOG (OV)

0.002* (0.001)

0.001 (0.001)

0.005** (0.002)

0.007** (0.003)

0.015*** (0.006)

0.003 (0.004)

0.021** (0.010)

− 0.003* (0.002)

− 0.001 (0.001)

− 0.003** (0.001)

− 0.015** (0.007)

Other controls

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Within R2

0.077

0.284

0.026

0.122

0.249

0.076

0.224

0.039

0.061

0.068

0.033

N

8798

8798

8798

8798

8798

8798

8798

8798

8798

8798

8584

Panel B: The KZ index

LOG (OV)

0.002 (0.001)

0.001 (0.001)

0.000 (0.002)

0.004 (0.004)

0.016*** (0.004)

0.002 (0.001)

0.017*** (0.005)

0.001 (0.001)

0.001 (0.001)

0.002 (0.001)

− 0.004 (0.004)

IAD*LOG (OV)

0.001 (0.001)

0.005*** (0.001)

0.002** (0.008)

0.007* (0.004)

0.012** (0.005)

0.003* (0.002)

0.017** (0.009)

− 0.002*** (0.000)

− 0.002* (0.001)

− 0.004*** (0.001)

− 0.019*** (0.004)

Other controls

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Within R2

0.107

0.131

0.066

0.040

0.104

0.089

0.093

0.058

0.072

0.083

0.055

N

7703

7703

7703

7703

7703

7703

7703

7703

7703

7703

7538

Panel C: The WW index

LOG (OV)

0.000 (0.004)

0.001 (0.001)

0.001 (0.002)

0.003 (0.003)

0.006 (0.005)

0.003 (0.004)

0.008 (0.006)

− 0.001 (0.001)

0.000 (0.002)

− 0.001 (0.001)

− 0.014* (0.008)

IAD*LOG (OV)

0.003*** (0.001)

0.002** (0.001)

0.006*** (0.002)

0.005*** (0.002)

0.016*** (0.006)

0.003* (0.002)

0.019*** (0.007)

− 0.003*** (0.001)

− 0.001 (0.001)

− 0.004*** (0.001)

− 0.025*** (0.005)

Other controls

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Within R2

0.109

0.172

0.064

0.044

0.132

0.084

0.099

0.054

0.064

0.077

0.029

N

7267

7267

7267

7267

7267

7267

7267

7267

7267

7267

7178

Panel D: The cashflow-investment gap

LOG (OV)

0.001 (0.001)

0.001 (0.002)

0.002 (0.001)

0.003 (0.003)

0.004 (0.007)

0.001 (0.002)

0.005 (0.007)

0.000 (0.026)

0.003 (0.003)

0.004 (0.006)

− 0.007 (0.015)

IAD*LOG (OV)

0.003*** (0.001)

0.004*** (0.002)

0.005*** (0.002)

0.011*** (0.002)

0.035*** (0.008)

0.022*** (0.004)

0.582*** (0.092)

− 0.007** (0.003)

− 0.007*** (0.001)

− 0.008** (0.001)

− 0.011*** (0.004)

Other controls

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Within R2

0.092

0.213

0.080

0.091

0.207

0.110

0.188

0.064

0.079

0.093

0.018

N

8705

8705

8705

8705

8705

8705

8705

8705

8705

8705

8474

  1. The values of the standard error are in parentheses
  2. * denotes significance at the 10% level
  3. ** denotes significance at the 5% level
  4. *** denotes significance at the 1% level