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Table 3 Descriptive statistics of county characteristics

From: Regulatory constraint and small business lending: do innovative peer-to-peer lenders have an advantage?

Variable

Obs

Mean

Std. Dev

25th

Median

75th

SBLoan (%)

12,952

8.664

1.73

7.599

8.735

9.857

SBLoan1 (%)

12,866

8.16

1.978

6.894

8.215

9.504

SBLoan2 (%)

12,897

8.317

2.07

7.005

8.284

9.700

Population

12,572

10.266

1.439

9.313

10.159

11.111

DebtoIncome (%)

12,553

1.815

.982

1.190

1.580

2.630

Income

12,568

10.656

.23

10.500

10.641

10.794

Unemployment (%)

12,550

8.743

3.026

6.620

8.540

10.610

BRNUM

12,651

7.438

3.194

5.081

8.211

9.694

C3 (%)

12,556

71.838

19.186

54.010

68.390

89.250

HHI (%)

12,522

7.737

.625

7.218

7.606

8.191

Domdep( $k)

12,826

18.87

3.496

15.975

19.693

21.451

  1. This table shows the descriptive statistics of county-level variables. There are three main dependant variables. SBLoan is the log amount of loans to small businesses in each county. SBLoan1 is the log amount of loans to small businesses for businesses with gross revenues less than $1 million in each county. SBLoan2 is the log amount of loans to small businesses for businesses with gross revenues more than $1 million in each county. The sample also covers county level variables. Population is the county level population. DebtoIncome is the median household debt-to-income ratio by county. Income is the dollar amount of income per person by county. Unemployment is the ratio of jobless people by county. BRNUM is the number of branches per capita in the county. C3 is the share of deposits of the three largest banks in the county. HHI is the Herfindahl–Hirschman index and HHI ratio accounts for the market share of banks in the county. Domdep is the sum of the dollar amount of banks’ branch domestic deposits by county. Except for DebtoIncome, Unemployment and C3, all variables are logarithmic and is taken logarithm before they are applied. Variables are winsorized at the 1st and 99th percentile