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Table 2 Summary of statistics of key variables

From: The institutional environment and the performance of private enterprises: population ecology and the institutional school revisited

Variables

Obs.

Average

SD

Min

Max

ROE

1607

0.424

1.407

0

26.75

ROE (log)

1607

−2.151

1.55

−8.78

3.287

Total assets (10,000)

1607

2791.747

9091.0.236

2

205,000

Total assets (log)

1607

6.319

1.879

0.693

12.231

Enterprise size

1607

207.512

573.863

2

12,000

Enterprise size (log)

1607

4.142

1.515

0.693

9.393

Financial leverage

1607

0.240

0.262

0

0.993

Enterprise age (year)

1607

7.828

4.782

1

27

Management size

1607

0.163

0.105

0.01

0.5

Industry

     

 Agriculture and mining

1607

0.090

0.286

0

1

 Manufacture and power

1607

0.496

0.500

0

1

 Construction and transportation

1607

0.094

0.292

0

1

 Information, finance, and real estate

1607

0.063

0.244

0

1

 Sales

1607

0.166

0.372

0

1

Male

1607

0.856

0.351

0

1

Age

1607

44.803

8.234

18

79

Education level (year)

1607

14.210

2.799

6

19

CCP membership

1607

0.366

0.482

0

1