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Table 14 Subsample analysis: market capitalization and E-score

From: Excess stock returns and corporate environmental performance in China

 

Small

Middle

Big

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Panel A: Grouping by market capitalization

LOGGREEN

0.005**

0.005*

0.007***

0.005***

0.007***

0.003*

(2.38)

(1.92)

(4.17)

(2.81)

(4.11)

(1.78)

Constant

0.146***

0.185***

− 0.027

0.014

− 0.246***

− 0.233***

(3.70)

(4.57)

(-0.94)

(0.47)

(-21.20)

(-17.02)

Control

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Industry F.E

N

Y

N

Y

N

Y

Year/month F.E

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Observations

60,915

60,915

88,957

88,957

71,628

71,628

Adjusted R2

0.4118

0.4128

0.3866

0.3882

0.3308

0.3325

 

Low

Middle

High

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Panel B: Grouping by E-scores

LOGGREEN

0.007***

0.006**

0.014***

0.012***

0.005**

0.003

(2.75)

(2.49)

(6.36)

(5.36)

(2.21)

(1.24)

Constant

− 0.157***

− 0.125***

− 0.188***

− 0.176***

− 0.202***

− 0.176***

(− 8.45)

(− 5.89)

(− 15.15)

(− 13.12)

(− 17.40)

(− 12.78)

Control

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Industry F.E

N

Y

N

Y

N

Y

Year/month F.E

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Observations

58,274

58,274

95,743

95,743

67,483

67,483

Adjusted R2

0.3515

0.3534

0.3797

0.3809

0.3490

0.3502

  1. This table reports the subsample results from regressing the excess stock returns (RET) on corporate environmental performance (LOGGREEN) and controls with robust standard errors clustered at the firm level. The sample period is March 2014 to November 2021, and the unit of observation is a month. In Panel A, stocks are sorted by market capitalization, and the stocks in the bottom 30%, middle 40%, and top 30% are recorded as small, middle, and big groups, respectively. In Panel B, stocks are sorted by E-scores, and the stocks in the bottom 30%, middle 40%, and top 30% are recorded as low, middle, and high groups, respectively. All variables are defined in Table 2. All regressions include year-month fixed effects, and selected columns additionally include industry fixed effects. *, **, and *** denote significance at the 10%, 5%, and 1% levels, respectively