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Table 2 Summary statistics

From: Does access to credit reduce SMEs’ tax avoidance? Evidence from a regression discontinuity design

 

Observations

Mean

SD

25th

Median

75th

Panel A: Full sample

\(BTD\)

10,187

− 0.022

0.092

− 0.029

− 0.004

0.015

\(SALEDIFF\)

10,187

− 1.309

1.372

− 2.145

− 1.392

− 0.592

\(CFO\)

10,187

0.026

0.150

− 0.049

0.032

0.107

\(LEVERAGE\)

10,187

0.395

0.199

0.237

0.390

0.539

\(INVEST\)

10,187

0.058

0.074

0.008

0.029

0.077

\(FIXED\)

10,187

0.166

0.154

0.033

0.121

0.262

Panel B: Sample of SMEs

\(BTD\)

1493

− 0.068

0.145

− 0.092

− 0.019

0.007

\(SALEDIFF\)

1493

1.016

0.834

0.412

0.834

1.398

\(CFO\)

1493

− 0.021

0.197

− 0.130

− 0.009

0.101

\(LEVERAGE\)

1493

0.314

0.203

0.142

0.283

0.451

\(INVEST\)

1493

0.066

0.092

0.006

0.026

0.086

\(FIXED\)

1493

0.148

0.164

0.024

0.073

0.230

Panel C: Sample of non-SMEs

\(BTD\)

8694

− 0.014

0.077

− 0.024

− 0.003

0.016

\(SALEDIFF\)

8694

− 1.708

0.999

− 2.283

− 1.612

− 0.973

\(CFO\)

8694

0.034

0.139

− 0.038

0.037

0.108

\(LEVERAGE\)

8694

0.409

0.195

0.256

0.405

0.550

\(INVEST\)

8694

0.056

0.070

0.009

0.029

0.076

\(FIXED\)

8694

0.170

0.152

0.036

0.130

0.266

  1. This table reports descriptive statistics of key variables. Panel A to Panel C present statistics of the full sample, the subsample of SMEs and the subsample of non-SMEs. All data come from CSMAR