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Table 10 Robustness checks: alternative measures of stock market liberalization

From: The effect of overseas investors on local market efficiency: evidence from the Shanghai/Shenzhen–Hong Kong Stock Connect

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

 

DailySprd1

DailySprd2

DailySprd1

DailySprd2

HSSC1

0.0019***

0.0016***

  
 

(9.90)

(9.47)

  

HSSC2

  

0.0015***

0.0012***

   

(7.97)

(7.49)

Size

0.0023***

0.0021***

0.0024***

0.0021***

 

(22.75)

(22.37)

(23.19)

(22.82)

Lev

 − 0.0058***

 − 0.0052***

 − 0.0059***

 − 0.0052***

 

(− 13.71)

(− 13.50)

(− 13.87)

(− 13.67)

ROA

0.0024

0.0019

0.0024

0.0019

 

(1.56)

(1.39)

(1.57)

(1.40)

Cash_vol

 − 0.0002**

 − 0.0001**

 − 0.0002**

 − 0.0001**

 

(− 2.41)

(− 2.24)

(− 2.44)

(− 2.28)

Loss

0.0003

0.0003

0.0003

0.0003

 

(1.28)

(1.31)

(1.33)

(1.36)

Age

0.0002

0.0001

0.0002*

0.0001

 

(1.52)

(1.06)

(1.85)

(1.38)

Opinion

 − 0.0002

 − 0.0002

 − 0.0002

 − 0.0002

 

(− 0.69)

(− 0.75)

(− 0.71)

(− 0.77)

Analyst

 − 0.0012***

 − 0.0012***

 − 0.0013***

 − 0.0012***

 

(− 16.74)

(− 18.42)

(− 16.88)

(− 18.54)

Turnover

 − 0.0008***

 − 0.0008***

 − 0.0008***

 − 0.0008***

 

(− 51.32)

(− 51.74)

(− 51.47)

(− 51.88)

_cons

 − 0.0894***

 − 0.0802***

 − 0.0904***

 − 0.0811***

 

(− 51.66)

(− 51.37)

(− 52.20)

(− 51.88)

Industry

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Year

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N

17,086

17,086

17,086

17,086

adj. R2

0.757

0.758

0.756

0.757

  1. We construct alternative measures of the dummy variable for firms covered in Shanghai-HK Stock Connect and Shenzhen-HK Stock Connect. HSSC1 excludes firms that are removed from the list of Shanghai Connect and Shenzhen Connect. HSSC2 excludes firms that are removed or those are put on the special list
  2. ***, **, and * denote significance at the 1%, 5%, and 10% levels, respectively