Research Article

The Inhibition of Institutional Investor Clique on the Tunneling Behavior

Table 6

Institutional investor clique’s robustness test on tunneling behavior.

Variable names(1)(2)
Appropriation of fundsRelated party transactions

Institutional investor clique’s share ratio−0.0010−0.0024
(−6.4471)(−3.1366)

Company size−0.0306−0.0219
(−6.4000)(−1.4755)

Market value0.03100.0183
−6.5149−1.1645

The shareholding ratio of the controlling shareholder−0.0008−0.0008
(−9.7744)(−1.8813)

Management shareholding−0.0003−0.0020
(−4.5749)(−6.7457)

Separation of two rights−0.00030.0007
(−2.4420)−0.992

Company age0.00060.0038
−2.6132−3.3661

Board size−0.0006−0.0003
(−0.7692)(−0.0833)

Number of general meetings0.00340.0402
−6.8655−13.9292

Nature of the firm−0.0025−0.0019
(−1.3744)(−0.2060)

Equity checks and balances−0.0066−0.0344
(−5.2242)(−5.3760)

Constant terms0.06240.2658
−2.3389−1.8574

N18,03918,039

Robust standard error in parentheses:  < 0.01,  < 0.05,  < 0.1.