Appendices
Table 1. Summary statistics
Variables
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
N
Mean
Std.dev
Min
Max
Innovation product (D)
1,239
0.295
0.456
0
1
Innovation process (D)
1,239
0.173
0.378
0
1
International certificate (D)
1,239
0.170
0.376
0
1
Firm age
1,220
12.37
12.18
1
113
Competition (D)
1,239
0.361
0.480
0
1
Finance (D)
1,239
0.238
0.426
0
1
Export (D)
1,239
0.169
0.375
0
1
Formal training (D)
1,239
0.204
0.403
0
1
Top manager: female (D)
1,239
0.0960
0.295
0
1
Firm size
1,239
1.044
0.869
0
3
Log of Total annual sales
1,101
21.20
2.221
13.20
30.68
Power generator ownership (D)
1,239
0.146
0.353
0
1
Power outage hours
273
18.536
3.243
1
690
Figure 2. The average duration of electricity loss.
On average, electricity loss lasted 2 hours in 2019
Note: observations five standard deviation above from the mean are excluded Source: The authors’ own
estimates.
Figure 3. Average electricity consumption across sectors (in MWh) in FY2018.
On average, a firm consumes 722 MWh electricity per year
208
Note: observations three standard deviation above from the mean are excluded
Source: The authors’ own estimates.
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