The third table is about finding the determinants for the differences in hygiene scores across the restaurants. I have made three regressions and explain later on the idea behind it. This table should provide significant evidence for some predictions. Table 3 Determinants of Restaurant Hygiene Scores – (1) Standard (2) Standard (3) Standard Coefficient Coefficient error Coefficient Chain restaurant 3.2667 0.5186*** 4.5646 0.5622*** 2.8737 0.5202*** Franchised chain -0.7146 0.2940** -1.8974 0.3113*** -0.4134 0.2894 restaurant Number of units 0.0203 0.0066*** 0.0108 0.0070 0.0139 0.0065** in LA Fraction of US 2.9356 2.2460 6.8379 2.3855*** 2.9496 2.2026 units in LA Zagat guide 2.9489 0.9283*** 2.9305 0.9922*** 1.7843 0.9158* Zagat guide food -0.9967 0.0491** -0.1091 0.0524** -0.0779 0.0483 rating Mean post-grade 0.4899 0.0082*** 0.4840 0.0078*** card score Observations 83790 77118 77118 R² 0.2367 0.1494 0.2816 City Fixed effects Y N Y Restaurant Fixed N N N effects Restaurant Y Y Y characteristics Pre-grade card Y Y Y observations Post-grade card N N N observations Notes: All specifications include year-quarterly dummies. In the second and third specifications, post grade card observations enter in the construction of the independent variable Mean post-grade card score. Only pre-grade card scores are used in the dependent variable. *** Significant at the 1 percent level ** Significant at the 5 percent level * Significant at the 10 percent level 3.4.2 The Replication The replicated table has some differences with the published table of Jin and Leslie. The first logical explanation comes as all the specifications include restaurant characteristics. Since I got two
The third table is about finding the determinants for the differences in hygiene scores across the restaurants. I have made three regressions and explain later on the idea behind it. This table should provide significant evidence for some predictions. Table 3 – Determinants of Restaurant Hygiene Scores (1) Coefficient Standard (2) Coefficient Standard error (3) Coefficient Standard Chain restaurant Franchised chain restaurant Number of units in LA Fraction of US units in LA Zagat guide Zagat guide food rating Mean post-grade card score Observations R² City Fixed effects Restaurant Fixed effects Restaurant characteristics Pre-grade card observations Post-grade card observations 3.2667 -0.7146 0.0203 2.9356 2.9489 -0.9967 83790 0.2367 Y N Y Y N 0.5186*** 0.2940** 0.0066*** 2.2460 0.9283*** 0.0491** 4.5646 -1.8974 0.0108 6.8379 2.9305 -0.1091 0.4899 77118 0.1494 N N Y Y N 0.5622*** 0.3113*** 0.0070 2.3855*** 0.9922*** 0.0524** 0.0082*** 2.8737 -0.4134 0.0139 2.9496 1.7843 -0.0779 0.4840 77118 0.2816 Y N Y Y N 0.5202*** 0.2894 0.0065** 2.2026 0.9158* 0.0483 0.0078*** Notes: All specifications include year-quarterly dummies. In the second and third specifications, post grade card observations enter in the construction of the independent variable Mean post-grade card score. Only pre-grade card scores are used in the dependent variable. *** Significant at the 1 percent level ** Significant at the 5 percent level * Significant at the 10 percent level 3.4.2 The Replication The replicated table has some differences with the published table of Jin and Leslie. The first logical explanation comes as all the specifications include restaurant characteristics. Since I got two