A Systems View Across Time and Space
Table 1 Description and definition of variables
From: Firm performance under financial constraints: evidence from sub-Saharan African countries
Variable | Description | Mean | Std. Dev | Obs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Outage(lnH) | Outage time in days/year | 1.51 | 1.46 | 3488 |
Gow | Generator ownership | 0.64 | 0.48 | 3591 |
Gsh | Share of electricity from self-generation | 0.33 | 0.28 | 2230 |
lnAge | Age of a firm (years) | 2.51 | 0.703 | 3505 |
PID | Power intensity dummy | 0.55 | 0.49 | 3594 |
Ownership | Percentage of firms owned by foreigners | 0.16 | 0.36 | 3594 |
Export | Percentage of firms engaged in export | 0.15 | 0.36 | 3594 |
Constraint | Finance as obstacle to doing business | 1.93 | 1.30 | 3570 |
Constrainta | 1 if the firm is credit constraint | 0.37 | 0.48 | 3594 |
Constraint1 | 1 if the firm is credit constraint | 0.47 | 0.49 | 3055 |
Constraint2 | 1 if the firm is credit constraint | 0.58 | 0.49 | 3594 |