Table 3: Panel regression analysis: Impact on mean analysts’ recommendations over time 1993-1997
>1997
>1999
>2001
>2003
All Years
Dependent Variable
Mean Rec
Mean Rec
Mean Rec
Mean Rec
Mean Rec
Mean Rec
Total CSR Strengths
-0.076*** (0.020)
0.010* (0.006)
0.012** (0.006)
0.013** (0.007)
0.014* (0.008)
0.004 (0.005)
Total CSR Concerns
-0.009 (0.016)
-0.011 (0.007)
-0.016** (0.007)
-0.013 (0.008)
0.006 (0.011)
-0.009 (0.007)
Market Value (Size)
0.281*** (0.056) 0.204*** (0.033) 0.135 (0.178) 0.605* (0.329) 0.257 (0.191) -0.285*** (0.099) 0.103 (0.413) -0.494 (0.867)
0.213*** (0.014) 0.152*** (0.010) 0.100 (0.066) 0.359*** (0.082) 0.009 (0.015) -0.054*** (0.015) 0.323* (0.178) 0.884*** (0.191)
0.226*** (0.014) 0.152*** (0.011) 0.072 (0.068) 0.342*** (0.084) 0.007 (0.015) -0.047*** (0.015) 0.289 (0.186) 0.432** (0.193)
0.230*** (0.015) 0.148*** (0.012) 0.076 (0.075) 0.354*** (0.090) 0.004 (0.015) -0.038** (0.015) 0.289 (0.201) 0.291 (0.218)
0.228*** (0.018) 0.123*** (0.013) 0.146* (0.084) 0.249** (0.102) 0.002 (0.014) -0.022 (0.015) 0.274 (0.211) 0.315 (0.252)
0.182*** (0.013) 0.162*** (0.010) 0.134** (0.061) 0.448*** (0.079) 0.015 (0.016) -0.063*** (0.015) 0.458*** (0.164) 1.227*** (0.180)
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Market Adjusted Return Intangibles Return on Assets Earnings-to-price ratio Book-to-Market ratio Capital Expenditure Constant
Firm Fixed Effects Year Fixed Effects
Observations 1,995 18,720 17,794 16,416 13,075 20,715 R-squared 0.161 0.164 0.144 0.095 0.089 0.158 Dependent variable is the consensus recommendation across analysts for firm i at the end of March for year t. Robust standard errors in parentheses, clustered at the firm level. *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1
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