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112 CHAPTER 4. OPPORTUNISM MITIGATION EFFECTIVENESS<br />

measure, and the original independent variables (information asymmetry, goal ambiguity,<br />

measurability of outputs, decentralization of decision rights, and the control variables).<br />

The second regression is also significant (ANOVA F-statistic is 4.647). The model explains<br />

13.8% of the variance in RFMO (Adjusted R 2 = 10.5%).<br />

Finally, I conduct the Hausman test for endogeneity to assess the existence of an endogeneity<br />

problem. I follow Larcker & Rusticus’ (2010) explanation, which argues that if the<br />

coefficient for the predicted RPE-Use is significant, the Hausman test rejects the null of<br />

no endogeneity problem. In my second regression, as shown in table 4.15, the predicted<br />

RPE-Use is insignificant (p = 0.244). This finding implies that the model does not suffer<br />

from endogeneity problems 14 . This finding reinforces the results of the previous analyses.<br />

Table 4.15: Results of Second-Stage Regression Analysis (RPE-Use)<br />

Coefficient Std. Error t-Stat. Prob.<br />

Constant 2.651 0.895 2.963 0.00<br />

Unstandardized Predicted<br />

-0.216 0.185 -1.168 0.24<br />

Value<br />

RPE use 0.134 0.064 2.089 0.04<br />

Information Asymm. 0.107 0.073 1.474 0.14<br />

Goal Ambiguity 0.417 0.130 3.202 0.00<br />

Measurability of Outputs -0.318 0.118 -2.702 0.01<br />

Decentralization 0.076 0.057 1.318 0.19<br />

BU Size -0.008 0.031 -0.248 0.80<br />

Firm Size -0.007 0.029 -0.244 0.81<br />

Dummy production 0.232 0.165 1.406 0.16<br />

Dummy financial services -0.086 0.168 -0.513 0.61<br />

Dummy not-for-profit -0.169 0.174 -0.966 0.34<br />

R 2 = 0.115 F-statistic = 2.844<br />

Adjusted R 2 = 0.074 Prob(F-statistic) = 0.001<br />

Included observations: 276<br />

4.4.3 Summary of the Findings<br />

Similar to the overall findings in chapter 2, the analyses in the current chapter do not support<br />

the claim that RPE mitigates opportunism. Based on Murphy (2001), this chapter<br />

14 The absence of the endogeneity problem does not mean that RPE use and noise in the performance<br />

evaluation are not determined simultaneously. The Hausman test results do not imply that the dependent<br />

and independent variables are not interrelated; the test only suggests that the model estimation is unbiased<br />

(Abernethy et al. 2004).

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