How do firms’ characteristics affect risks? ASEAN firms panel data analysis

We investigate the associations between three firm factors (size, leverage, and profitability) and risks from financial distress, investments, green finance, deferred taxes, merger and acquisitions, and contingent liabilities. Using Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) firms in our sample,...

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Main Authors: Icuk Rangga Bawono, Rangga Handika, Emir Surya Rahmajati
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2025-12-01
Series:Cogent Business & Management
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311975.2024.2436646
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Rangga Handika
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description We investigate the associations between three firm factors (size, leverage, and profitability) and risks from financial distress, investments, green finance, deferred taxes, merger and acquisitions, and contingent liabilities. Using Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) firms in our sample, we apply panel data from each country and perform robust panel estimations (two-way, Hausman and Taylor (HT), and panel logit). We contribute to modeling country-unique-specific factors and assessing idiosyncratic risks among ASEAN countries. We find associations between firm characteristics and risks from financial distress, investments, and green finance, but no (or very weak) associations between firm characteristics and risks from deferred taxes, mergers and acquisitions, and contingent liabilities. Additionally, the degrees of association among countries, varies; country-specific factors tend to play a dominant role in systematic and non-systematic financial distress and deferred tax risk.
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spelling doaj-art-9d3766491e23403eb8625700e49084ea2025-08-20T02:39:31ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Business & Management2331-19752025-12-0112110.1080/23311975.2024.2436646How do firms’ characteristics affect risks? ASEAN firms panel data analysisIcuk Rangga Bawono0Rangga Handika1Emir Surya Rahmajati2Accounting Department, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman, Purwokerto, IndonesiaInstitute for International Strategy, Tokyo International University, Tokyo, JapanAccounting Department, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman, Purwokerto, IndonesiaWe investigate the associations between three firm factors (size, leverage, and profitability) and risks from financial distress, investments, green finance, deferred taxes, merger and acquisitions, and contingent liabilities. Using Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) firms in our sample, we apply panel data from each country and perform robust panel estimations (two-way, Hausman and Taylor (HT), and panel logit). We contribute to modeling country-unique-specific factors and assessing idiosyncratic risks among ASEAN countries. We find associations between firm characteristics and risks from financial distress, investments, and green finance, but no (or very weak) associations between firm characteristics and risks from deferred taxes, mergers and acquisitions, and contingent liabilities. Additionally, the degrees of association among countries, varies; country-specific factors tend to play a dominant role in systematic and non-systematic financial distress and deferred tax risk.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311975.2024.2436646Financial characteristicsfirms’ riskpanel dataASEAN firmspanel logitM40
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How do firms’ characteristics affect risks? ASEAN firms panel data analysis
Cogent Business & Management
Financial characteristics
firms’ risk
panel data
ASEAN firms
panel logit
M40
title How do firms’ characteristics affect risks? ASEAN firms panel data analysis
title_full How do firms’ characteristics affect risks? ASEAN firms panel data analysis
title_fullStr How do firms’ characteristics affect risks? ASEAN firms panel data analysis
title_full_unstemmed How do firms’ characteristics affect risks? ASEAN firms panel data analysis
title_short How do firms’ characteristics affect risks? ASEAN firms panel data analysis
title_sort how do firms characteristics affect risks asean firms panel data analysis
topic Financial characteristics
firms’ risk
panel data
ASEAN firms
panel logit
M40
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311975.2024.2436646
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