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Table 8 Descriptive statistics

From: Light a lamp and look at the stock market

Variable

Mean

Std. Dev

Min

Max

Index data

 Returns

− 0.237

4.228

− 12.980

8.760

 Event

0.026

0.160

0.000

1.000

 P/E

20.916

2.272

17.150

25.730

 P/B

2.627

0.263

2.170

3.180

 Volume

13.090

0.163

12.672

13.391

Firm-level data

 Returns

− 0.338

5.373

− 72.710

45.070

 Event

0.026

0.159

0.000

1.000

 Beta

1.172

0.491

− 0.880

2.620

 DS_Beta

68.191

38.587

− 134.032

200.184

 Volatility

3.825

2.920

0.000

22.171

 Size

8.816

2.091

0.095

17.421

 Cashflow

0.084

0.067

− 0.314

0.614

 Dividend

0.683

0.465

0.000

1.000

 WWI

− 0.432

0.114

− 2.897

− 0.087

 KZI

− 26.538

18.112

− 39.560

6.436

 Debt

0.214

0.192

0.000

2.596

 Cash

0.002

0.009

0.000

0.192

 Tobin’s Q

1.137

3.897

0.002

144.854

 Industry sales growth

0.090

0.082

− 0.471

0.282

 Sale growth

0.276

1.840

− 0.968

75.619

 Age

3.475

0.522

0.693

5.050

 P/E

24.817

54.212

0.750

480.000

 P/B

1.800

3.212

0.010

73.790

 Turnover

0.861

1.335

0.000

11.625

 MarketCap

8.084

2.430

1.348

16.046

 ROA

0.061

0.063

− 0.455

0.601

Other financial markets

 3-Month

− 0.925

3.443

− 16.814

6.758

 6-Month

− 0.951

2.762

− 10.213

4.569

 1-Year

− 0.773

2.945

− 10.663

5.523

 3-Year

− 0.487

1.814

− 4.576

2.938

 5-Year

− 0.342

2.338

− 6.257

3.488

 10-Year

− 0.105

1.386

− 2.670

2.700

 15-Year

− 0.093

1.022

− 1.712

2.242

 19-Year

− 0.048

1.127

− 2.656

2.412

 24-Year

− 0.031

0.973

− 1.744

2.483

 30-Year

− 0.070

0.922

− 1.789

2.426

 USD/INR

0.108

0.570

− 1.206

1.187