Variable

Mean

Standard deviation

Minimum value

maximum value

Number of observation

gr_it (economic growth of a certain province)

0.094

0.018

0.046

0.138

279

drop_it (number of official dismissals)

1.702

2.403

0

12

279

lny_it (log of per capita output)

10.701

0.3973

9.886

11.548

279

lni/gdp_it (log of investment rate)

0.364

0.6555

−2.598

1.288

279

inv_gr_it (investment growth rate)

0.2039

0.0709

−0.306

0.431

279

consume_gr_it (consumption growth rate)

0.128

0.01808

0.0157

0.1609

279

exim_gr_it (Import and export growth rate)

0.1209

0.1543

−0.4094

0.7418

279