The impact of financial market development on the capital structure of listed enterprises in the ASEAN Economic Community - 28


. xtabond2 lev l.lev fmd size tang ptb roa gdpgr inf ind1 ind2 ind3 ind4 ind5 ind6 ind7,gmm(l.lev tang ptb roa,lag(3 .)) iv(size fmd gdpgr

> inf ind1 ind2 ind3 ind4 ind5 ind6 ind7 ind8) two

Favoring space over speed. To switch, type or click on mata: mata set matafavor speed, perm. Warning: Two-step estimated covariance matrix of moments is singular.

Using a generalized inverse to calculate optimal weighting matrix for two-step estimation. Difference-in-Sargan/Hansen statistics may be negative.


Dynamic panel-data estimation, two-step system GMM


Group variable: unit_id

Number of obs =

14085

Time variable : time

Number of groups =

1898

Number of instruments = 144

Obs per group: min =

1

Wald chi2(15) = 58967.60

avg =

7.42

Prob > chi2 = 0.000

max =

9

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The impact of financial market development on the capital structure of listed enterprises in the ASEAN Economic Community - 28


lev

Coef.

Std. Err.

z

P>|z|

[95% Conf.

Interval]

lev







L1.

.7745404

.0227106

34.10

0.000

.7300284

.8190523

fmd

-.0273174

.0052121

-5.24

0.000

-.0375329

-.0171019

size

.0108269

.0011636

9.30

0.000

.0085463

.0131075

mourning

.0333931

.0164169

2.03

0.042

.0012166

.0655696

ptb

-.0008843

.0012892

-0.69

0.493

-.0034111

.0016425

Roa

-.139706

.0389831

-3.58

0.000

-.2161114

-.0633005

gdpgr

.0981196

.0661684

1.48

0.138

-.0315681

.2278073

inf

.0662239

.0318574

2.08

0.038

.0037845

.1286633

ind1

-.0102469

.005803

-1.77

0.077

-.0216205

.0011267

ind2

-.0121206

.0058874

-2.06

0.040

-.0236597

-.0005815

ind3

-.0134542

.0056801

-2.37

0.018

-.024587

-.0023213

ind4

-.0146974

.0063653

-2.31

0.021

-.0271731

-.0022216

ind5

-.0189535

.0068282

-2.78

0.006

-.0323365

-.0055705

ind6

-.0069053

.0060535

-1.14

0.254

-.0187699

.0049592

ind7

-.0125719

.0071337

-1.76

0.078

-.0265536

.0014098

_cons

-.134772

.0204045

-6.61

0.000

-.174764

-.09478

Warning: Uncorrected two-step standard errors are unreliable.


Instruments for first differences equation Standard

D.(size fmd gdpgr inf ind1 ind2 ind3 ind4 ind5 ind6 ind7 ind8)

GMM-type (missing=0, separate instruments for each period unless collapsed) L(3/10).(L.lev increased ptb roa)

Instruments for levels equation Standard

size fmd gdpgr inf ind1 ind2 ind3 ind4 ind5 ind6 ind7 ind8

_cons

GMM-type (missing=0, separate instruments for each period unless collapsed) DL2.(L.lev increased ptb roa)

Arellano-Bond test for AR(1) in first differences: z = -13.64 Pr > z = 0.000 Arellano-Bond test for AR(2) in first differences: z = 0.36 Pr > z = 0.718

Sargan test of overriding. restrictions: chi2(128) = 213.79 Prob > chi2 = 0.000 (Not robust, but not weakened by many instruments.)

Hansen test of overriding. restrictions: chi2(128) = 139.13 Prob > chi2 = 0.236 (Robust, but weakened by many instruments.)


Difference-in-Hansen tests of exogeneity of instrument subsets: GMM instruments for levels

Hansen test excluding group: chi2(101) = 99.88 Prob > chi2 = 0.513 Difference (null H = exogenous): chi2(27) = 39.25 Prob > chi2 = 0.060

iv(size fmd gdpgr inf ind1 ind2 ind3 ind4 ind5 ind6 ind7 ind8)

Hansen test excluding group: chi2(116) = 125.73 Prob > chi2 = 0.253 Difference (null H = exogenous): chi2(12) = 13.40 Prob > chi2 = 0.341


. xtabond2 lev l.lev fme size tang ptb roa gdpgr inf ind1 ind2 ind3 ind4 ind5 ind6 ind7,gmm(l.lev tang ptb roa,lag(3 .)) iv(size fme gdpgr

> inf ind1 ind2 ind3 ind4 ind5 ind6 ind7 ind8) two

Favoring space over speed. To switch, type or click on mata: mata set matafavor speed, perm. Warning: Two-step estimated covariance matrix of moments is singular.

Using a generalized inverse to calculate optimal weighting matrix for two-step estimation. Difference-in-Sargan/Hansen statistics may be negative.


Dynamic panel-data estimation, two-step system GMM


Group variable: unit_id

Number of obs =

14085

Time variable : time

Number of groups =

1898

Number of instruments = 144

Obs per group: min =

1

Wald chi2(15) = 63501.46

avg =

7.42

Prob > chi2 = 0.000

max =

9


lev

Coef.

Std. Err.

z

P>|z|

[95% Conf.

Interval]

lev







L1.

.787075

.0216791

36.31

0.000

.7445847

.8295653

fme

.0094201

.0043807

2.15

0.032

.0008341

.0180061

size

.0101731

.0011145

9.13

0.000

.0079888

.0123574

mourning

.0306601

.0162405

1.89

0.059

-.0011706

.0624908

ptb

-.0011404

.001282

-0.89

0.374

-.0036531

.0013723

Roa

-.1488244

.040203

-3.70

0.000

-.2276208

-.070028

gdpgr

.1901605

.0731613

2.60

0.009

.046767

.333554

inf

.1529051

.0343685

4.45

0.000

.085544

.2202661

ind1

-.0098758

.005579

-1.77

0.077

-.0208105

.0010588

ind2

-.0113218

.0056443

-2.01

0.045

-.0223844

-.0002592

ind3

-.0118216

.0054087

-2.19

0.029

-.0224224

-.0012208

ind4

-.011837

.0060279

-1.96

0.050

-.0236515

-.0000226

ind5

-.017364

.006481

-2.68

0.007

-.0300665

-.0046614

ind6

-.0067469

.005811

-1.16

0.246

-.0181362

.0046424

ind7

-.0133653

.0069163

-1.93

0.053

-.0269211

.0001904

_cons

-.1489315

.0220097

-6.77

0.000

-.1920698

-.1057933

Warning: Uncorrected two-step standard errors are unreliable.


Instruments for first differences equation Standard

D.(size fme gdpgr inf ind1 ind2 ind3 ind4 ind5 ind6 ind7 ind8)

GMM-type (missing=0, separate instruments for each period unless collapsed) L(3/10).(L.lev increased ptb roa)

Instruments for levels equation Standard

size fme gdpgr inf ind1 ind2 ind3 ind4 ind5 ind6 ind7 ind8

_cons

GMM-type (missing=0, separate instruments for each period unless collapsed) DL2.(L.lev increased ptb roa)

Arellano-Bond test for AR(1) in first differences: z = -13.70 Pr > z = 0.000 Arellano-Bond test for AR(2) in first differences: z = 0.32 Pr > z = 0.751

Sargan test of overriding. restrictions: chi2(128) = 215.28 Prob > chi2 = 0.000 (Not robust, but not weakened by many instruments.)

Hansen test of overriding. restrictions: chi2(128) = 139.59 Prob > chi2 = 0.228 (Robust, but weakened by many instruments.)


Difference-in-Hansen tests of exogeneity of instrument subsets: GMM instruments for levels

Hansen test excluding group: chi2(101) = 102.80 Prob > chi2 = 0.431 Difference (null H = exogenous): chi2(27) = 36.79 Prob > chi2 = 0.099

iv(size fme gdpgr inf ind1 ind2 ind3 ind4 ind5 ind6 ind7 ind8)

Hansen test excluding group: chi2(116) = 125.99 Prob > chi2 = 0.248 Difference (null H = exogenous): chi2(12) = 13.60 Prob > chi2 = 0.327


. xtabond2 lev l.lev macap size tang ptb roa gdpgr inf ind1 ind2 ind3 ind4 ind5 ind6 ind7,gmm(l.lev tang ptb roa,lag(5 .)) iv(size macap gd

> pgr inf ind1 ind2 ind3 ind4 ind5 ind6 ind7 ind8) two

Favoring space over speed. To switch, type or click on mata: mata set matafavor speed, perm. Warning: Two-step estimated covariance matrix of moments is singular.

Using a generalized inverse to calculate optimal weighting matrix for two-step estimation. Difference-in-Sargan/Hansen statistics may be negative.


Dynamic panel-data estimation, two-step system GMM


Group variable: unit_id

Number of obs =

16017

Time variable : time

Number of groups =

1951

Number of instruments = 113

Obs per group: min =

1

Wald chi2(15) = 59076.91

avg =

8.21

Prob > chi2 = 0.000

max =

10


lev

Coef.

Std. Err.

z

P>|z|

[95% Conf.

Interval]

lev







L1.

.8020697

.0301959

26.56

0.000

.7428868

.8612527

macap

-.0159566

.0034366

-4.64

0.000

-.0226923

-.009221

size

.0103382

.0013547

7.63

0.000

.0076831

.0129933

mourning

-.0104571

.0190648

-0.55

0.583

-.0478233

.0269092

ptb

-.0006924

.0016422

-0.42

0.673

-.0039111

.0025263

Roa

-.1677993

.0575133

-2.92

0.004

-.2805233

-.0550753

gdpgr

.001057

.0256067

0.04

0.967

-.0491312

.0512451

inf

.0497033

.0355764

1.40

0.162

-.0200251

.1194317

ind1

-.0100483

.0058937

-1.70

0.088

-.0215998

.0015031

ind2

-.010429

.0062973

-1.66

0.098

-.0227714

.0019135

ind3

-.0112029

.0058751

-1.91

0.057

-.0227179

.0003121

ind4

-.0109226

.0067531

-1.62

0.106

-.0241584

.0023131

ind5

-.0145004

.0072921

-1.99

0.047

-.0287926

-.0002081

ind6

-.0088978

.0064699

-1.38

0.169

-.0215785

.0037829

ind7

-.0172441

.0078973

-2.18

0.029

-.0327225

-.0017657

_cons

-.1124502

.0215146

-5.23

0.000

-.1546181

-.0702823

Warning: Uncorrected two-step standard errors are unreliable.


Instruments for first differences equation Standard

D.(size macap gdpgr inf ind1 ind2 ind3 ind4 ind5 ind6 ind7 ind8)

GMM-type (missing=0, separate instruments for each period unless collapsed) L(5/10).(L.lev increased ptb roa)

Instruments for levels equation Standard

size macap gdpgr inf ind1 ind2 ind3 ind4 ind5 ind6 ind7 ind8

_cons

GMM-type (missing=0, separate instruments for each period unless collapsed) DL4.(L.lev increased ptb roa)

Arellano-Bond test for AR(1) in first differences: z = -13.41 Pr > z = 0.000 Arellano-Bond test for AR(2) in first differences: z = 0.31 Pr > z = 0.753

Sargan test of overriding. restrictions: chi2(97) = 135.62 Prob > chi2 = 0.006 (Not robust, but not weakened by many instruments.)

Hansen test of overriding. restrictions: chi2(97) = 96.45 Prob > chi2 = 0.497 (Robust, but weakened by many instruments.)


Difference-in-Hansen tests of exogeneity of instrument subsets: GMM instruments for levels

Hansen test excluding group: chi2(74) = 69.04 Prob > chi2 = 0.641 Difference (null H = exogenous): chi2(23) = 27.41 Prob > chi2 = 0.239

iv(size macap gdpgr inf ind1 ind2 ind3 ind4 ind5 ind6 ind7 ind8)

Hansen test excluding group: chi2(86) = 81.73 Prob > chi2 = 0.610 Difference (null H = exogenous): chi2(11) = 14.72 Prob > chi2 = 0.196


. xtabond2 lev l.lev liq size tang ptb roa gdpgr inf ind1 ind2 ind3 ind4 ind5 ind6 ind7,gmm(l.lev tang ptb roa,lag(5 .)) iv(size liq gdpgr

> inf ind1 ind2 ind3 ind4 ind5 ind6 ind7 ind8) two

Favoring space over speed. To switch, type or click on mata: mata set matafavor speed, perm. Warning: Two-step estimated covariance matrix of moments is singular.

Using a generalized inverse to calculate optimal weighting matrix for two-step estimation. Difference-in-Sargan/Hansen statistics may be negative.


Dynamic panel-data estimation, two-step system GMM


Group variable: unit_id

Number of obs =

16017

Time variable : time

Number of groups =

1951

Number of instruments = 113

Obs per group: min =

1

Wald chi2(15) = 62871.36

avg =

8.21

Prob > chi2 = 0.000

max =

10


lev

Coef.

Std. Err.

z

P>|z|

[95% Conf.

Interval]

lev







L1.

.8133514

.0297398

27.35

0.000

.7550626

.8716403

liq

-.0013606

.0043422

-0.31

0.754

-.0098711

.0071499

size

.0094944

.0012946

7.33

0.000

.006957

.0120318

mourning

-.0108631

.0190052

-0.57

0.568

-.0481127

.0263864

ptb

-.0012297

.0016407

-0.75

0.454

-.0044454

.0019859

Roa

-.1699404

.0585474

-2.90

0.004

-.2846912

-.0551896

gdpgr

.0015855

.028042

0.06

0.955

-.0533759

.0565468

inf

.109968

.038102

2.89

0.004

.0352895

.1846465

ind1

-.0105289

.0057864

-1.82

0.069

-.02187

.0008121

ind2

-.0096932

.0061675

-1.57

0.116

-.0217814

.0023949

ind3

-.0104336

.0057271

-1.82

0.068

-.0216585

.0007914

ind4

-.0091576

.0065195

-1.40

0.160

-.0219356

.0036204

ind5

-.0126619

.0069576

-1.82

0.069

-.0262987

.0009748

ind6

-.0091203

.0063572

-1.43

0.151

-.0215801

.0033395

ind7

-.0176391

.0078489

-2.25

0.025

-.0330227

-.0022554

_cons

-.1123299

.0213969

-5.25

0.000

-.1542671

-.0703928

Warning: Uncorrected two-step standard errors are unreliable.


Instruments for first differences equation Standard

D.(size liq gdpgr inf ind1 ind2 ind3 ind4 ind5 ind6 ind7 ind8)

GMM-type (missing=0, separate instruments for each period unless collapsed) L(5/10).(L.lev increased ptb roa)

Instruments for levels equation Standard

size liq gdpgr inf ind1 ind2 ind3 ind4 ind5 ind6 ind7 ind8

_cons

GMM-type (missing=0, separate instruments for each period unless collapsed) DL4.(L.lev increased ptb roa)

Arellano-Bond test for AR(1) in first differences: z = -13.43 Pr > z = 0.000 Arellano-Bond test for AR(2) in first differences: z = 0.26 Pr > z = 0.796

Sargan test of overriding. restrictions: chi2(97) = 136.91 Prob > chi2 = 0.005 (Not robust, but not weakened by many instruments.)

Hansen test of overriding. restrictions: chi2(97) = 97.53 Prob > chi2 = 0.466 (Robust, but weakened by many instruments.)


Difference-in-Hansen tests of exogeneity of instrument subsets: GMM instruments for levels

Hansen test excluding group: chi2(74) = 70.84 Prob > chi2 = 0.583 Difference (null H = exogenous): chi2(23) = 26.69 Prob > chi2 = 0.269

iv(size liq gdpgr inf ind1 ind2 ind3 ind4 ind5 ind6 ind7 ind8)

Hansen test excluding group: chi2(86) = 82.62 Prob > chi2 = 0.583 Difference (null H = exogenous): chi2(11) = 14.90 Prob > chi2 = 0.187



Model 7


. xtabond2 lev l.lev govbond size tang ptb roa gdpgr inf ind1 ind2 ind3 ind4 ind5 ind6 ind7,gmm(l.lev tang ptb roa,lag(5 .)) iv(size govbon

> d gdpgr inf ind1 ind2 ind3 ind4 ind5 ind6 ind7 ind8) two

Favoring space over speed. To switch, type or click on mata: mata set matafavor speed, perm. Warning: Two-step estimated covariance matrix of moments is singular.

Using a generalized inverse to calculate optimal weighting matrix for two-step estimation. Difference-in-Sargan/Hansen statistics may be negative.


Dynamic panel-data estimation, two-step system GMM


Group variable: unit_id

Number of obs =

16017

Time variable : time

Number of groups =

1951

Number of instruments = 113

Obs per group: min =

1

Wald chi2(15) = 61056.83

avg =

8.21

Prob > chi2 = 0.000

max =

10


lev

Coef.

Std. Err.

z

P>|z|

[95% Conf.

Interval]

lev







L1.

.807715

.030385

26.58

0.000

.7481615

.8672684

govbond

-.0168772

.0069

-2.45

0.014

-.030401

-.0033534

size

.0098154

.0013283

7.39

0.000

.0072119

.0124189

mourning

-.0112252

.0190566

-0.59

0.556

-.0485755

.026125

ptb

-.0011283

.0016455

-0.69

0.493

-.0043533

.0020968

Roa

-.1742851

.058071

-3.00

0.003

-.2881022

-.060468

gdpgr

-.0080006

.0266849

-0.30

0.764

-.060302

.0443008

inf

.0735127

.0363376

2.02

0.043

.0022924

.1447331

ind1

-.0109894

.0058942

-1.86

0.062

-.0225419

.0005631

ind2

-.0104497

.0062857

-1.66

0.096

-.0227696

.0018701

ind3

-.0110387

.0058509

-1.89

0.059

-.0225063

.0004289

ind4

-.0105547

.0067012

-1.58

0.115

-.0236887

.0025794

ind5

-.013234

.0071536

-1.85

0.064

-.0272549

.0007868

ind6

-.0096376

.0064686

-1.49

0.136

-.0223158

.0030406

ind7

-.0181371

.0079454

-2.28

0.022

-.0337098

-.0025644

_cons

-.1091311

.0212547

-5.13

0.000

-.1507896

-.0674726

Warning: Uncorrected two-step standard errors are unreliable.


Instruments for first differences equation Standard

D.(size govbond gdpgr inf ind1 ind2 ind3 ind4 ind5 ind6 ind7 ind8)

GMM-type (missing=0, separate instruments for each period unless collapsed) L(5/10).(L.lev increased ptb roa)

Instruments for levels equation Standard

size govbond gdpgr inf ind1 ind2 ind3 ind4 ind5 ind6 ind7 ind8

_cons

GMM-type (missing=0, separate instruments for each period unless collapsed) DL4.(L.lev increased ptb roa)

Arellano-Bond test for AR(1) in first differences: z = -13.35 Pr > z = 0.000 Arellano-Bond test for AR(2) in first differences: z = 0.28 Pr > z = 0.779

Sargan test of overriding. restrictions: chi2(97) = 137.38 Prob > chi2 = 0.004 (Not robust, but not weakened by many instruments.)

Hansen test of overriding. restrictions: chi2(97) = 97.22 Prob > chi2 = 0.475 (Robust, but weakened by many instruments.)


Difference-in-Hansen tests of exogeneity of instrument subsets: GMM instruments for levels

Hansen test excluding group: chi2(74) = 69.70 Prob > chi2 = 0.620 Difference (null H = exogenous): chi2(23) = 27.51 Prob > chi2 = 0.235

iv(size govbond gdpgr inf ind1 ind2 ind3 ind4 ind5 ind6 ind7 ind8)

Hansen test excluding group: chi2(86) = 83.68 Prob > chi2 = 0.551 Difference (null H = exogenous): chi2(11) = 13.54 Prob > chi2 = 0.260



Model 8


. xtabond2 lev l.lev corpbond size tang ptb roa gdpgr inf ind1 ind2 ind3 ind4 ind5 ind6 ind7,gmm(l.lev tang ptb roa,lag(5 .)) iv(size corpb

> ond gdpgr inf ind1 ind2 ind3 ind4 ind5 ind6 ind7 ind8) two

Favoring space over speed. To switch, type or click on mata: mata set matafavor speed, perm. Warning: Two-step estimated covariance matrix of moments is singular.

Using a generalized inverse to calculate optimal weighting matrix for two-step estimation. Difference-in-Sargan/Hansen statistics may be negative.


Dynamic panel-data estimation, two-step system GMM


Group variable: unit_id

Number of obs =

16017

Time variable : time

Number of groups =

1951

Number of instruments = 113

Obs per group: min =

1

Wald chi2(15) = 58050.59

avg =

8.21

Prob > chi2 = 0.000

max =

10


lev

Coef.

Std. Err.

z

P>|z|

[95% Conf.

Interval]

lev







L1.

.7972365

.0312494

25.51

0.000

.7359889

.8584841

corbond

-.0332664

.0077449

-4.30

0.000

-.0484461

-.0180867

size

.0103852

.0013648

7.61

0.000

.0077103

.0130601

mourning

-.0141792

.0191157

-0.74

0.458

-.0516452

.0232868

ptb

-.0009775

.0016461

-0.59

0.553

-.0042038

.0022489

Roa

-.1904592

.0585251

-3.25

0.001

-.3051664

-.0757521

gdpgr

-.004569

.0259968

-0.18

0.860

-.0555219

.0463838

inf

.0658249

.0363445

1.81

0.070

-.0054089

.1370588

ind1

-.0109357

.0059681

-1.83

0.067

-.0226331

.0007616

ind2

-.0111828

.0063598

-1.76

0.079

-.0236478

.0012822

ind3

-.0108315

.0058918

-1.84

0.066

-.0223792

.0007161

ind4

-.0114106

.0068201

-1.67

0.094

-.0247778

.0019565

ind5

-.0136618

.0072825

-1.88

0.061

-.0279351

.0006116

ind6

-.0094854

.0065038

-1.46

0.145

-.0222326

.0032617

ind7

-.0184545

.0079948

-2.31

0.021

-.034124

-.0027849

_cons

-.116337

.0217413

-5.35

0.000

-.1589492

-.0737248

Warning: Uncorrected two-step standard errors are unreliable.


Instruments for first differences equation Standard

D.(size corpbond gdpgr inf ind1 ind2 ind3 ind4 ind5 ind6 ind7 ind8)

GMM-type (missing=0, separate instruments for each period unless collapsed) L(5/10).(L.lev increased ptb roa)

Instruments for levels equation Standard

size corpbond gdpgr inf ind1 ind2 ind3 ind4 ind5 ind6 ind7 ind8

_cons

GMM-type (missing=0, separate instruments for each period unless collapsed) DL4.(L.lev increased ptb roa)

Arellano-Bond test for AR(1) in first differences: z = -13.27 Pr > z = 0.000 Arellano-Bond test for AR(2) in first differences: z = 0.32 Pr > z = 0.750

Sargan test of overriding. restrictions: chi2(97) = 136.64 Prob > chi2 = 0.005 (Not robust, but not weakened by many instruments.)

Hansen test of overriding. restrictions: chi2(97) = 97.33 Prob > chi2 = 0.472 (Robust, but weakened by many instruments.)


Difference-in-Hansen tests of exogeneity of instrument subsets: GMM instruments for levels

Hansen test excluding group: chi2(74) = 65.65 Prob > chi2 = 0.745 Difference (null H = exogenous): chi2(23) = 31.68 Prob > chi2 = 0.107

iv(size corpbond gdpgr inf ind1 ind2 ind3 ind4 ind5 ind6 ind7 ind8)

Hansen test excluding group: chi2(86) = 84.84 Prob > chi2 = 0.515 Difference (null H = exogenous): chi2(11) = 12.49 Prob > chi2 = 0.328



The choice of lag in the model is so that the results must satisfy the 3 testing requirements of the system GMM method, so there may be certain differences between models; But in general, the lags between the models are quite similar, especially when the sample is divided into countries with low institutional quality (GOV_LOW) and countries with high institutional quality (GOV_HIGH). ) based on the median of the GOV variable (statistical table below).

Lag statistics table of research models



FMI

FMA

FMD

FME

MACAP

LIQ

GOVBOND

CORPBOND

Overall model (models 1 to 24)

LEV

3

3

3

3

5

5

5

5

LLEV

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

SLEV

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

GOV_LOW (models 25 to 48)

LEV

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

LLEV

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

SLEV

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

GOV_HIGH (models 49 to 72)

LEV

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

LLEV

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

SLEV

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Source: Author statistics from models

The selection of endogenous and exogenous variables for the model will be based on theoretical basis as well as previous research. Specifically, the endogenous variables include: Dependent variable lag (this is the default variable), TANG, PTB and ROA; Because TANG is the ratio of fixed assets/total assets, it will have an interaction with the debt ratio. Increased debt may be to finance fixed assets. Similarly, PTB represents growth opportunities, ROA represents profitability, so it will have an interaction with debt ratio. As for macroeconomic variables (such as 8 variables representing market development, GDPGR and INF) or industry variables (IND), they cannot be affected by micro variables, so they are included in the variable.


exogenous. The SIZE variable alone is not considered as an endogenous variable in the model with the dependent variable LEV, the reason is because: (1) Although there can be arguments that businesses can borrow more debt to buy more assets and increase company size, we need stronger theories to truly consider SIZE as a factor affected by LEV; (2) The topic refers to articles such as Asarkaya and Ozcan (2007) - page 103, in which although the model has SIZE, the author considers SIZE not to be an endogenous variable; (3) Although SIZE is almost always used as a variable capable of influencing many other factors of the business, especially capital structure decisions, only very few studies can be found. Research on factors affecting SIZE, in particular, has not found a significant influence or even no research on the impact of LEV on SIZE (see Kumar et al., 2002).

At the same time, the model results show that the warning sentence "Warning: Uncorrected two-step standard errors are unreliable" appears. However, this sentence is not a matter of concern, because in the “Help xtabond2” section of Stata 16, it is explained as follows: “ For one-step estimation, robustness specifies that the robust estimator of the covariance matrix of the parameter estimates be calculated. The resulting standard error estimates are consistent in the presence of any pattern of heteroskedasticity and autocorrelation within panels. In two-step estimation, the standard covariance matrix is ​​already robust in theory--but typically yields standard errors that are downward biased. twostep robust requests Windmeijer's finite-sample correction for the two- step covariance matrix” . This shows that if one-step GMM is used, the model that estimates robust standard errors is important; But when using two-step GMM, the model is theoretically stable. However, according to Windmeijer (2000), if the sample is small, the standard error may decrease and need to be adjusted, but the sample in the thesis is not small, so the research results are reliable. Additionally, in the Stata manual (“help xtabond2”) and Roodman (2009), the Sargan test is reported for one-step GMM. When there is heteroscedasticity and autocorrelation (currently existing problems with panel data in this study), the Sargan test is not stable. Therefore, for one-step and with handling heteroscedasticity and autocorrelation, as well as for two-step estimation, xtabond2 provides the additional Hansen test, which is

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