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Table 2 Summary statistics

From: Pandemic or panic? A firm-level study on the psychological and industrial impacts of COVID-19 on the Chinese stock market

Variable

Explanation

Unit

Max

Min

Mean

Std

Daily_infection

Daily rates of infection of COVID-19 (i.e., confirmed cases)

Cases

77,262

17,238

51,105.063

21,523.618

Suspected_infection

Total number of suspected infection of COVID-19

Cases

26,359

3,434

15,511

8,368.905

ICU_patients

Total number of ICU patients of COVID-19

Cases

11,977

2,296

7,640.875

3,358.452

Death_cases

Total number of death cases of COVID-19

Cases

2,595

361

1,310.938

701.169

Recovery

Total number of recovery of COVID-19

Cases

24,758

475

7,906.188

7,181.045

Total_revenue

The overall measure of all sources of a company's income

RMB 10,000 yuan

97,360,000

 − 36,100

854,738.899

4,046,225.602

Operating_cost

Costs incurred by the enterprise in all its business

RMB 10,000 yuan

91,950,000

769

752,321.270

3,472,541.850

Operating _profit

Profits obtained by the enterprise in all its business

RMB 10,000 yuan

31,210,000

 − 385,100

116,538.292

985,136.004

Price_to_book_ratio

A stock's capitalization divided by its book value

%

278.600

0.321

4.049

8.592

Buy_vol

Number of stocks bought in marketplaces on a daily basis

100 shares

90,989,970

50

353,349.360

2,304,268.882

Total_market_capitalization

Total value of a company's securities as quoted on a stock market

RMB yuan

1.94E + 12

729,540,000

18,372,506,705

73,987,013,699

Change

The size of change in the price of a stock

RMB yuan per share

63.520

 − 49.800

0.117

1.624

Pct_chg

The percentage change in the price of a stock

%

108.544

 − 27.120

0.477

4.149

Close

The daily closing price of a stock

RMB yuan per share

1,118.000

1

17.071

32.231