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Table 3 Correlation Matrix

From: Stock liquidity, financial constraints, and innovation in Chinese SMEs

 

INNOV_EXP

INNOV_PAT

CPQS

TSHARE

SHRHFD5

TO

RET

FREE

INNOV_EXP

1.000

       

INNOV_PAT

0.202

1.000

      

CPQS

− 0.137

− 0.029

1.000

     

TSHARE

0.265

0.070

0.100

1.000

    

SHRHFD5

− 0.212

0.044

− 0.059

− 0.160

1.000

   

TO

− 0.232

− 0.057

− 0.216

− 0.165

0.002

1.000

  

RET

0.022

-0.011

− 0.130

0.054

0.020

0.369

1.000

 

FREE

0.258

0.023

0.117

0.652

− 0.586

0.001

0.031

1.000

VOL

− 0.042

− 0.035

− 0.196

0.015

− 0.025

0.456

0.417

0.003

EARN

0.005

0.004

− 0.296

-0.207

0.173

0.062

0.196

− 0.223

INTAN

0.198

− 0.024

− 0.046

0.051

− 0.206

− 0.064

− 0.011

0.101

LEV

0.204

0.053

0.158

0.238

− 0.081

− 0.099

− 0.023

0.191

ROE

0.105

0.013

− 0.273

− 0.133

0.127

0.001

0.169

− 0.156

Q

− 0.070

− 0.061

− 0.381

-0.115

0.098

0.249

0.462

− 0.124

BTM

0.065

0.070

0.445

0.079

− 0.092

− 0.263

-0.429

0.108

CAPITAL

− 0.022

0.042

− 0.062

-0.175

0.148

0.077

0.005

− 0.148

SALES

0.066

− 0.012

− 0.176

− 0.160

0.014

0.114

0.165

-0.131

lnAGE

0.196

0.029

0.046

0.290

− 0.144

− 0.223

− 0.017

0.232

 

VOL

EARN

INTAN

LEV

ROE

Q

BTM

CAPITAL

VOL

1.000

       

EARN

− 0.057

1.000

      

INTAN

− 0.016

− 0.098

1.000

     

LEV

− 0.003

− 0.312

0.025

1.000

    

ROE

− 0.099

0.722

0.003

− 0.093

1.000

   

Q

0.393

0.281

− 0.054

− 0.294

0.187

1.000

  

BTM

− 0.381

− 0.193

0.094

0.073

− 0.139

− 0.720

1.000

 

CAPITAL

− 0.063

0.153

− 0.146

0.054

0.137

0.028

− 0.025

1.000

SALES

0.007

0.281

0.227

− 0.025

0.350

0.115

− 0.158

0.038

lnAGE

0.006

− 0.105

0.089

0.130

− 0.045

− 0.090

0.075

− 0.143

 

SALES

lnAGE

      

SALES

1.000

       

lnAGE

− 0.117

1.000

      
  1. The Pearson correlation coefficients between pairs of variables in the baseline linear model (1) (2) are shown in this table. The definition of all variables is shown in Appendix A