Research Article

Corporate Diversification, Ownership, and Solvency in China’s Property-Liability Insurance Companies

Table 5

The impact of geographical diversification (measured by entropy number) on solvency.

VariableFull sampleChinese-fundedForeign-funded

(1)(2)(3)
L.sol0.0340.0050.041
(37.819)(3.663)(17.084)
e-geodiv−5.675−9.0641.734
(−8.895)(−41.251)(0.900)
Size5.9678.0410.049
(6.064)(25.270)(0.039)
Age−7.679−4.586−12.662
(−4.767)(−3.786)(−5.881)
Payrate1.9716.4692.128
(7.991)(3.403)(1.298)
Rein13.7603.15642.315
(3.226)(1.559)(4.841)
ms−65.050−29.031903.442
(−0.842)(−0.919)(0.191)
Investrisk−3.619−1.817−16.448
(−2.334)(−2.619)(−1.605)
Gdpgrowth29.94211.278136.345
(1.599)(0.544)(5.726)
Constant−11.977−26.33615.615
(−1.613)(−9.507)(4.332)
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AR (2) test(0.531)(0.982)(0.696)
Sargan test(0.204)(0.213)(0.949)

Note: ∗∗∗ means , ∗∗ means , and means .