Variables Descriptions
NROA Net profit margin on total assets, net profit/ending balance on total assets.
Treated The dummy variable of "outbreak impact degree" is 1 if the enterprise belongs to the high-impact region, otherwise it is 0.
Period The dummy variable of "outbreak time" is 1 after the outbreak, or 0 otherwise.
SIZE The size of an enterprise is measured by the logarithm of its total assets.
LEV The asset-liability ratio is the total liabilities/total assets measure.
GROWTH Growth rate of operating income, i.e. (current operating income - previous operating income)/previous operating income.
HF10 The Herfindahl index 10, or the share held by the top-10 shareholders.
TR Trade receivable turnover/1000, trade receivable turnover=revenue/average trade receivable balance.
INDUSTRY Used to control industry fixed effect.
YEAR Used to control the fixed effect of year.