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Table 4 Descriptive statistics and correlation matrix of explanatory variables

From: Impact of ownership types on R&D intensity and innovation performance—evidence from transitional China

 

Mean

Min

Max

Standard

deviation

Correlation matrix

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

1 R&D intensity

0.01

0

0.99

0.01

1.00

             

2 Innovation performance

0.03

0

1

0.14

0.19

1.00

            

3 State stock concentration

0.03

0

1

0.17

0.03

0.03

1.00

           

4 Private stock concentration

0.50

0

1

0.50

−0.04

−0.05

−0.20

1.00

          

5 Central SOEs

0.01

0

1

0.08

0.05

0.04

0.25

−0.08

1.00

         

6 Local SOEs

0.03

0

1

0.16

0.02

0.01

0.68

−0.16

−0.01

1.00

        

7 POEs

0.51

0

1

0.50

−0.04

−0.05

−0.19

0.99

−0.08

−0.16

1.00

       

8 Firm size

4.66

0

11.82

1.08

0.04

0.09

0.07

−0.24

0.07

0.03

−0.24

1.00

      

9 Firm age

8.45

1

407

9.02

0.04

0.05

0.32

−0.20

0.18

0.33

−0.20

0.20

1.00

     

10 Foreign ownership

0.22

0

1

0.41

0.00

0.01

−0.07

−0.53

−0.04

−0.09

−0.54

0.21

−0.07

1.00

    

11 Leverage

0.57

0.01

270.49

0.45

−0.01

0.00

0.07

0.00

0.02

0.07

0.00

0.03

0.07

−0.06

1.00

   

12 Employee training

0.01

0

4.06

0.01

0.04

0.01

0.04

−0.01

0.02

0.04

−0.01

0.01

0.03

−0.01

0.01

1.00

  

13 Capital intensity

96.33

0

206520

373.12

0.02

0.01

0.03

−0.05

0.01

0.02

−0.05

−0.04

−0.01

0.05

−0.02

0.01

1.00

 

14 Return to assets

0.10

−23.41

33.99

0.27

−0.02

−0.02

−0.06

0.09

−0.03

−0.06

0.09

−0.04

−0.06

−0.06

−0.16

−0.01

−0.03

1.00

  1. All the correlation coefficients are statistically different from zero at the 1% significance level