Table 2.

Descriptive statistics

Panel A: Summary statistics
VariableNMeanp25p50p75SDMinimumMaximum 
ln_con_134,0461.7881.3861.9462.3980.7210.0002.944 
ln_con_234,0462.6622.5652.7733.1780.7840.0003.989 
ln_con_334,0463.2333.2193.4013.6110.7830.0004.543 
SIZE34,04621.93021.00821.76022.6511.28519.18925.968 
LEV34,0460.4360.2660.4280.5910.2160.0521.138 
ROA34,0460.0430.0150.0410.0750.069−0.3220.234 
ISSUE34,0460.4730.0000.0001.0000.4990.0001.000 
ATURN34,0460.6320.3500.5310.7800.4370.0422.538 
CURR34,0462.4301.0831.5882.6272.6230.21416.672 
GROWTH34,0460.194−0.0140.1180.2840.486−0.6853.558 
FOREIGN34,0460.0630.0000.0000.0000.2440.0001.000 
SOE34,0460.4140.0000.0001.0000.4930.0001.000 
GDP34,04610.2249.68610.33010.9370.9167.42111.615 
RELIGION34,0466.4255.3666.9217.5961.5942.9448.306 
CG34,046−0.001−0.495−0.2450.3960.607−0.7151.610 
Moral33,5005.6925.5075.5856.1210.5073.8866.610 
Trust33,4060.1800.1400.1690.2120 0.0760.0280.431 
DS22,9131.9942.0002.0002.0000.6271.0004.000 
Tunnel34,0460.0210.0030.0080.0200.0370.0000.241 
Panel B: Correlations
 Big10ln_con_1ln_con_2ln_con_3TrustMoralDStunnelSIZELEVROSISSUEATURNCURRGROWTHFOREIGNSOEGDPRELIGIONCG
Big101.000                   
ln_con_10.034*** (0.000)1.000                  
ln_con_20.052*** (0.000)0.794*** (0.000)1.000                 
ln_con_30.032*** (0.000)0.676*** (0.000)0.921*** (0.000)1.000                
Trust0.087*** (0.000)0.207*** (0.000)0.101*** (0.000)0.100*** (0.000)1.000               
Moral−0.146*** (0.000)0.052*** (0.000)0.108*** (0.000)0.102*** (0.000)0.045*** (0.000)1.000              
DS−0.125*** (0.000)−0.069*** (0.000)−0.061*** (0.000)−0.057*** (0.000)−0.055*** (0.000)0.040*** (0.000)1.000             
tunnelg−0.011* (0.095)−0.006 (0.403)0.002(0.751)0.001 (0.940)0.002 (0.728)0.015** (0.022)0.018*** (0.006)1.000            
SIZE0.144*** (0.000)−0.018*** (0.006)−0.023*** (0.001)−0.004 (0.595)0.118*** (0.000)−0.230*** (0.000)−0.213*** (0.000)−0.019*** (0.005)1.000           
LEV−0.055*** (0.000)−0.058*** (0.000)−0.045*** (0.000)−0.027*** (0.000)−0.013** (0.048)0.009 (0.199)0.166*** (0.000)0.033*** (0.000)0.405*** (0.000)1.000          
ROA0.077*** (0.000)0.038*** (0.000)0.043*** (0.000)0.034*** (0.000)−0.021*** (0.002)0.049*** (0.000)−0.344*** (0.000)−0.046*** (0.000)0.004 (0.578)−0.410*** (0.000)1.000         
ISSUE0.032*** (0.000)0.014** (0.034)0.016** (0.014)0.019*** (0.003)0.015** (0.024)−0.061*** (0.000)−0.089*** (0.000)−0.008 (0.210)0.148*** (0.000)0.011* (0.091)0.074*** (0.000)1.000        
ATURN0.002(0.759)0.033*** (0.000)0.051*** (0.000)0.050*** (0.000)0.006 (0.402)0.100*** (0.000)−0.053*** (0.000)0.030*** (0.000)0.048*** (0.000)0.156*** (0.000)0.098*** (0.000)−0.032*** (0.000)1.000       
CURR0.028*** (0.000)0.061*** (0.000)0.037*** (0.000)0.027*** (0.000)−0.031*** (0.000)0.050*** (0.000)−0.072*** (0.000)−0.009 (0.158)−0.320*** (0.000)−0.644*** (0.000)0.260*** (0.000)−0.049*** (0.000)−0.182*** (0.000)1.000      
GROWTH−0.006 (0.392)0.010 (0.123)0.010(0.131)0.009 (0.159)−0.040*** (0.000)0.036*** (0.000)−0.043*** (0.000)−0.014** (0.039)0.031*** (0.000)0.032*** (0.000)0.229*** (0.000)0.117*** (0.000)0.086*** (0.000)−0.045*** (0.000)1.000     
FOREGIN0.065*** (0.000)−0.063*** (0.000)−0.041*** (0.000)−0.033*** (0.000)0.047*** (0.000)0.078*** (0.000)−0.063*** (0.000)0.001(0.849)0.218*** (0.000)0.103*** (0.000)0.005 (0.481)−0.009 (0.178)0.025*** (0.000)−0.084*** (0.000)−0.013* (0.051)1.000    
SOE−0.074*** (0.000)−0.080*** (0.000)−0.067*** (0.000)−0.035*** (0.000)−0.041*** (0.000)0.044*** (0.000)−0.050*** (0.000)−0.003(0.629)0.271*** (0.000)0.281*** (0.000)−0.110*** (0.000)−0.056*** (0.000)0.072*** (0.000)−0.212*** (0.000)−0.046*** (0.000)0.198*** (0.000)1.000   
GDP0.182*** (0.000)0.135*** (0.000)0.206*** (0.000)0.183*** (0.000)0.322*** (0.000)−0.027*** (0.000)−0.129*** (0.000)−0.017*** (0.009)0.126*** (0.000)−0.123*** (0.000)0.075*** (0.000)0.073*** (0.000)0.027*** (0.000)0.038*** (0.000)−0.044*** (0.000)0.008 (0.218)−0.284*** (0.000)1.000  
RELIGION0.046*** (0.000)0.027*** (0.000)0.189*** (0.000)0.179*** (0.000)−0.309*** (0.000)0.159*** (0.000)−0.001 (0.913)0.005 (0.487)−0.055*** (0.000)0.014** (0.041)0.022*** (0.001)−0.022*** (0.001)0.088*** (0.000)−0.054*** (0.000)−0.007 (0.261)−0.027*** (0.000)−0.096*** (0.000)0.279*** (0.000)1.000 
CG0.091*** (0.000)0.107*** (0.000)0.073*** (0.000)0.050*** (0.000)0.075*** (0.000)−0.015** (0.025)−0.014** (0.034)−0.000(0.969)−0.250*** (0.000)−0.276*** (0.000)0.115*** (0.000)0.026*** (0.000)−0.086*** (0.000)0.245*** (0.000)0.018*** (0.007)0.038*** (0.000)−0.473*** (0.000)0.235*** (0.000)0.021*** (0.002)1.000

Note(s): Panel A summarizes the descriptive statistics. Panel B reports Pearson correlations. All continuous variables are winsorized at the top and bottom 1%. All variables are defined in  Appendix

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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