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A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 6 Credit constraint and self-generation

From: Firm performance under financial constraints: evidence from sub-Saharan African countries

Variable

Heckman selection model

Two-part model

Probit

Gsh > 0

Probit

Gsh > 0

Outages(ln)

0.038**

0.013***

0.024*

0.011***

 

(0.016)

(0.003)

(0.016)

(0.002)

Age(ln)

0.092***

 − 0.003

0.111**

 − 0.001

 

(0.036)

(0.007)

(0.004)

(0.005)

Credit constraint

    

Moderate

 − 0.073

 − 0.007

 − 0.0743

 − 0.001

 

(0.064)

(0.012)

(0.064)

(0.007)

Major

 − 0.195***

 − 0.032***

 − 0.199***

 − 0.0218

 

(0.057)

(0.012)

(0.057)

(0.008)

Small

 − 0.443***

0.017

 − 0.461***

 − 0.005

 

(0.056)

(0.011)

(0.056)

(0.007)

Large

0.0393***

0.010

0.405***

0.018**

 

(0.080)

(0.014)

(0.080)

(0.009)

Industry dummy

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Country dummy

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

ρ

 − 0.524***

   
 

(0.061)

   

δ

0.222***

   
 

(0.005)

   

LR test of indep. eqns (ρ = 0)χ2(1) = 14.63 P > χ2 = 0.000

  1. The variable credit constraint is the firm’s response to a question that “does lack of access to finance is an obstacle to operation of your establishment?”. The response is classified as minor, moderate, and major obstacle. The minor obstacle is the base category in the estimation
  2. *, **, *** shows significance at 10%, 5% and 1%, respectively