Descriptive statistics
| Variables | N | Mean | SD | Min | P25 | P50 | P75 | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status | 43,433 | 1.2997 | 0.6975 | 0.0870 | 0.7688 | 1.1711 | 1.7052 | 5.4598 |
| Hierarchy | 43,433 | 0.3117 | 0.4632 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 |
| Firm-level variables | ||||||||
| Size | 43,433 | 22.2632 | 1.4912 | 14.9416 | 21.2499 | 21.9988 | 22.9674 | 31.4309 |
| Lev | 43,433 | 0.4200 | 0.2168 | 0.0071 | 0.2458 | 0.4067 | 0.5764 | 1.9566 |
| Grossprofit | 43,433 | 0.2878 | 0.1900 | −3.2529 | 0.1584 | 0.2563 | 0.3830 | 3.7639 |
| Tobinq | 43,433 | 1.8844 | 0.9304 | 0.9435 | 1.2137 | 1.5657 | 2.2334 | 4.4283 |
| Top1 | 43,433 | 0.3389 | 0.1507 | 0.0029 | 0.2233 | 0.3153 | 0.4371 | 0.8999 |
| FirmAge | 43,433 | 2.9235 | 0.3569 | 0.0000 | 2.7081 | 2.9957 | 3.1781 | 4.1897 |
| Executive-level variables | ||||||||
| Female | 43,433 | 0.1990 | 0.1163 | 0.0000 | 0.1111 | 0.1875 | 0.2692 | 0.7333 |
| Tenure_CEO | 43,433 | 3.4866 | 1.0363 | 0.0000 | 2.8904 | 3.6636 | 4.2485 | 5.5645 |
| Dual | 43,433 | 0.2979 | 0.4573 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 |
| Indep_per | 43,433 | 0.3741 | 0.0609 | 0.0000 | 0.3333 | 0.3636 | 0.4286 | 0.8000 |
| Indep_age | 43,433 | 3.9998 | 0.1017 | 3.4761 | 3.9318 | 4.0013 | 4.0719 | 4.3631 |
| Mechanism Variables | ||||||||
| Bank | 43,304 | 0.0671 | 0.2502 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 1.0000 |
| Alliances | 23,268 | 0.3703 | 0.4499 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.6931 | 1.9459 |
| Other Variables | ||||||||
| Business | 43,410 | 3.5922 | 0.2701 | 2.8000 | 3.4175 | 3.6700 | 3.8233 | 3.9367 |
| Diligence | 36,746 | 0.0007 | 0.0029 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0132 |
| Diversity | 43,433 | 0.1648 | 0.0412 | 0.0437 | 0.1352 | 0.1626 | 0.1923 | 0.3549 |
| CashFlow | 40,695 | 6.6097 | 13.3278 | −0.8923 | 2.0685 | 3.9610 | 7.5007 | 42.1445 |
| Agency | 36,407 | 0.0069 | 0.5446 | −2.2944 | −0.3491 | −0.0035 | 0.3520 | 2.2748 |
| Variables | Mean | SD | Min | P25 | P50 | P75 | Max | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43,433 | 1.2997 | 0.6975 | 0.0870 | 0.7688 | 1.1711 | 1.7052 | 5.4598 | |
| 43,433 | 0.3117 | 0.4632 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | |
| Firm-level variables | ||||||||
| 43,433 | 22.2632 | 1.4912 | 14.9416 | 21.2499 | 21.9988 | 22.9674 | 31.4309 | |
| 43,433 | 0.4200 | 0.2168 | 0.0071 | 0.2458 | 0.4067 | 0.5764 | 1.9566 | |
| 43,433 | 0.2878 | 0.1900 | −3.2529 | 0.1584 | 0.2563 | 0.3830 | 3.7639 | |
| 43,433 | 1.8844 | 0.9304 | 0.9435 | 1.2137 | 1.5657 | 2.2334 | 4.4283 | |
| 43,433 | 0.3389 | 0.1507 | 0.0029 | 0.2233 | 0.3153 | 0.4371 | 0.8999 | |
| 43,433 | 2.9235 | 0.3569 | 0.0000 | 2.7081 | 2.9957 | 3.1781 | 4.1897 | |
| Executive-level variables | ||||||||
| 43,433 | 0.1990 | 0.1163 | 0.0000 | 0.1111 | 0.1875 | 0.2692 | 0.7333 | |
| 43,433 | 3.4866 | 1.0363 | 0.0000 | 2.8904 | 3.6636 | 4.2485 | 5.5645 | |
| 43,433 | 0.2979 | 0.4573 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | |
| 43,433 | 0.3741 | 0.0609 | 0.0000 | 0.3333 | 0.3636 | 0.4286 | 0.8000 | |
| 43,433 | 3.9998 | 0.1017 | 3.4761 | 3.9318 | 4.0013 | 4.0719 | 4.3631 | |
| Mechanism Variables | ||||||||
| 43,304 | 0.0671 | 0.2502 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 1.0000 | |
| 23,268 | 0.3703 | 0.4499 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.6931 | 1.9459 | |
| Other Variables | ||||||||
| 43,410 | 3.5922 | 0.2701 | 2.8000 | 3.4175 | 3.6700 | 3.8233 | 3.9367 | |
| 36,746 | 0.0007 | 0.0029 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0132 | |
| 43,433 | 0.1648 | 0.0412 | 0.0437 | 0.1352 | 0.1626 | 0.1923 | 0.3549 | |
| 40,695 | 6.6097 | 13.3278 | −0.8923 | 2.0685 | 3.9610 | 7.5007 | 42.1445 | |
| 36,407 | 0.0069 | 0.5446 | −2.2944 | −0.3491 | −0.0035 | 0.3520 | 2.2748 | |
Note(s): Table 1 reports the descriptive statistics for the key variables, Mean and SD denote the sample mean and standard deviation, respectively. See Appendix for the definitions of all variables
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