Table 2.

Descriptive statistics and correlations

VariablesMeanSDMin.Max.(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)
(1) Environmental performance52.30832.0808.32097.4901.000
(2) Social performance40.86323.0310.05098.6300.632*1.000
(3) Governance performance49.08222.6020.25099.3500.382*0.414*1.000
(4) Formal institution0.0650.855−2.9971.7880.036*0.0030.0031.000
(5) Informal institution0.0840.724−2.2046.0330.056*0.050*0.0070.651*1.000
(6) Financial market institution0.0230.729−3.2461.513−0.111*−0.062*−0.0040.515*0.165*1.000
(7) GDP growth2.0592.590−9.77326.276−0.132*−0.114*−0.017*−0.224*−0.220*0.049*1.000
(8) Population (log)18.2231.39113.03521.034−0.083*−0.015*−0.010−0.450*−0.422*−0.259*0.066*1.000
(9) Unemployment rate6.693.6790.16027.4700.061*0.162*0.031*−0.259*−0.120*−0.077*−0.211*−0.015*1.000
(10) FDI net inflow (log)24.6771.51917.34827.322−0.177*0.032*−0.018*0.121*0.057*0.102*0.102*0.492*−0.106*1.000
(11) Size of land (log)13.9182.3566.53516.611−0.157*0.014*0.013*−0.247*−0.137*−0.035*−0.0120.688*0.134*0.445*1.000
(12) Labor market efficiency5.7973.3491.10725.243−0.025*−0.104*−0.033*0.397*0.237*0.271*0.062*−0.097*−0.197*0.096*−0.073*1.000
(13) Return on assets4.82412.360−521.595647.6840.0040.022*0.0070.008−0.0110.018*0.070*0.0060.014*0.028*−0.032*0.037*1.000
(14) Total asset46.303198.3560.0043765.0350.173*0.190*0.161*−0.0060.006−0.054*−0.0040.019*0.0050.018*−0.015*0.006−0.058*1.000
(15) Debt ratio24.94918.8340.000345.9570.021*0.042*−0.012−0.060*−0.050*−0.052*−0.024*0.048*0.0100.033*0.036*−0.020*−0.167*−0.018*1.000
(16) Foreign sales to total sales35.88297.172−161.1514466.0100.082*0.054*0.025*0.080*0.073*0.011−0.024*−0.095*−0.004−0.025*−0.071*0.022*−0.004−0.013*−0.039*
Note(s):

N = 25,233; *shows significant level at 0.05

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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