Table 1.

Descriptive statistics

VariablesDefinitionObsMeanSDMinMax
FINTECHitThe logarithm of the number of FinTech firms2514.8580.4294.1115.961
DFSitThe logarithm of the amount of SMEs’ digital finance25110.231.88417.376
ENTitThe logarithm of new business density179−0.5241.551−4.7583
INSTitIndex of institutional qualities (using PCA)25102.16−4.515.88
GDPGitGDP growth (%)2513.733.60−20.6020.72
TRADEitTrade openness (%)25170.2729.8516.35220.24
INFitInflation (%)2516.3415.07−2.89226.91
Source: Authors’ own work

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