Table 2.

Descriptive statistics

VariableChina mean (n = 889)China SD (n = 889)State-led (excluding China) mean (n = 2803)State-led (excluding China) SD (n = 2,803)Family-led mean (n = 736)Family-led SD (n = 736)Other countries mean (n = 871)Other countries SD (n = 871)
Geo dist weighted (km)8,601.753,478.785,610.504,430.834,861.553,483.175,263.634,113.23
Host GDP (million US$)5,771,342.607,271,941.303,625,403.105,827,804.103,350,610.206,053,875.301,818,275.503,783,742.90
Host GDP growth (%)2.502.523.583.673.363.223.313.55
Host fuel exports11.3514.1112.2615.7912.5016.1114.8322.00
Host ore and metal exports6.109.286.709.4310.6016.799.7314.21
Host productivity88,799.1933,158.6163,457.2439,054.9260,336.4635,521.5855,844.4036,967.18
Host patents170,451.79238,240.79118,897.63223,159.6499,084.29198,223.6047,095.81130,108.66
Linguistic distance9.661.206.782.725.304.096.273.27
Colony0.000.060.220.420.070.250.190.39
Polity2−7.000.006.253.067.900.497.573.98
Financial structure27.745.1561.6420.0745.929.5359.1919.15
Home productivity22,577.165,827.2031,936.4517,785.5435,352.148,399.4449,359.0411,183.62
Rule of law_home−0.360.12−0.190.50−0.370.190.290.52
Source(s): Authors’ own work

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