Table 7

 
Outside Succession Regressions  
             
  Regression Number  
Explanatory Variable (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)  
             
Constant -2.4509** -2.4411** -2.6301** -2.2733** -2.2011**  
  (0.000) (0.000) (0.000) (0.000) (0.000)  
             
FGEDUM - 1 if the firm is in SIC 48, 49,   -0.0158        
or 60-69a   (0.982)        
             
Natural log of employment -0.0673 -0.0868 -0.0983 -0.1012 -0.1042  
  (0.184) (0.141) (0.153) (0.125) (0.117)  
             
ROA - Annual EBIT/assets less the -4.3381** -4.3279** -3.4357** -3.6026** -3.5582**  
2-digit SIC industry average (0.000) (0.000) (0.003) (0.001) (0.001)  
             
RET - Total stock return during the 12 -0.2264 -0.1749 -1.7498 -2.2767 -2.1053  
months preceeding the announcement (0.845) (0.880) (0.309) (0.189) (0.222)  
less the 2-digit SIC industry average            
             
RET (Lag 1) -2.4491* -2.3821* -2.0203 -1.9345 -2.0059  
  (0.066) (0.078) (0.271) (0.278) (0.271)  
             
CEO Ownership (% of total shares)     -9.2310   -9.3521  
      (0.653)   (0.640)  
             
OUTDIR - Proportion of directors 0.8928** 1.0168** 1.2606*      
who are not officers of the firm (0.030) (0.040) (0.087)      
             
OUTDIR1 - Proportion of directors who       0.9630** 0.9041*  
have no business or personal relationship       (0.037) (0.050)  
with the firm or its officersb            
             
OUTDIR*FGEDUM   -0.1191        
    (0.898)        
             
N (successions) 713 713 414 414 414  
N (outsiders) 88 88 50 50 50  
N (firm years) 5455 5455 3191 3191 3191  
Chi-square (binomial probit) 61.75 62.62 38.56 35.94 37.38  
P-value 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000  
Log-likelihood (bivariate probit) -2192.5 -2192.2 -1266.8 -1267.8 -1267.0  
             
             
             
             
             
             
   
             
             
             
             
             
             

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