Table 3. 
Variable Definitions
Expected
VariablesComputationMeanStd. Dev.Signa
HFDIjt Foreign presence at time interval t in sector j, measured as total output value of FDI firms in sector j/total output value of the sector 0.220 0.267 + 
UpFDIjt Foreign presence at time interval t in upstream sectors relative to sector j, computed from HFDI and transposed IO table coefficients 0.260 0.133 +/– 
DownFDIjt Foreign presence at time interval t in downstream sectors relative to sector j, computed from HFDI and IO table coefficients 0.307 0.128 – 
HSOEjt SOE presence at time interval t in sector j, measured as total output value of SOEs in sector j/total output value of the sector 0.478 0.303 + 
UpSOEjt SOEs presence at time interval t in upstream sectors, computed from HSOE and transposed IO table coefficients 0.381 0.156 +/– 
DownSOEjt SOEs presence at time interval t in downstream sectors, computed as sum product of HSOE and IO table coefficients 0.328 0.125 – 
GFDIjt Sales growth of FDI firms in sector j at time t 1.255 0.819 +/– 
GSOEjt Sales growth of SOEs in sector j at time t 1.043 0.693 + 
EXPORTjt Export ratio of sector j at time t 0.062 0.165 – 
EXPRATIOjt Export ratio of foreign-owned firms in sector j at time t 0.186 0.284 – 
IMPORTjt Import ratio of sector j at time t 0.1202 0.214 + 
HERFjt Herfindahl index, proxy for concentration in the market, calculated as the sum of squares of employment share in sector j   +/– 
MSCALEjt MES of sector j, computed as the median employment of sector j 32.514 35.164 +/– 
ENTRYjt Entry rate in sector j at time t 0.241 0.082 + 
NBRrt Neighborhood concentration index, measured as the spatial market concentration of provinces surrounding province r at time interval t 448,445.4 68,421 +/– 
DIVERrt Spatial diversity index, measured as the sum of squares of sectoral output shares in province r at time t 9.198 66.906 – 
REL_SIZEit Relative size of the firm i at time t, measured as the output of firm i to median output in sector j 1.157 3.813 – 
CAP_INTit Capital intensity, measured as total value of fixed assets to number of employees of firm i at time t 140.80 371.97 – 
AGEit Age of firm i at time t measured as number of years since establishment to time t 4.525 4.151 – 
Expected
VariablesComputationMeanStd. Dev.Signa
HFDIjt Foreign presence at time interval t in sector j, measured as total output value of FDI firms in sector j/total output value of the sector 0.220 0.267 + 
UpFDIjt Foreign presence at time interval t in upstream sectors relative to sector j, computed from HFDI and transposed IO table coefficients 0.260 0.133 +/– 
DownFDIjt Foreign presence at time interval t in downstream sectors relative to sector j, computed from HFDI and IO table coefficients 0.307 0.128 – 
HSOEjt SOE presence at time interval t in sector j, measured as total output value of SOEs in sector j/total output value of the sector 0.478 0.303 + 
UpSOEjt SOEs presence at time interval t in upstream sectors, computed from HSOE and transposed IO table coefficients 0.381 0.156 +/– 
DownSOEjt SOEs presence at time interval t in downstream sectors, computed as sum product of HSOE and IO table coefficients 0.328 0.125 – 
GFDIjt Sales growth of FDI firms in sector j at time t 1.255 0.819 +/– 
GSOEjt Sales growth of SOEs in sector j at time t 1.043 0.693 + 
EXPORTjt Export ratio of sector j at time t 0.062 0.165 – 
EXPRATIOjt Export ratio of foreign-owned firms in sector j at time t 0.186 0.284 – 
IMPORTjt Import ratio of sector j at time t 0.1202 0.214 + 
HERFjt Herfindahl index, proxy for concentration in the market, calculated as the sum of squares of employment share in sector j   +/– 
MSCALEjt MES of sector j, computed as the median employment of sector j 32.514 35.164 +/– 
ENTRYjt Entry rate in sector j at time t 0.241 0.082 + 
NBRrt Neighborhood concentration index, measured as the spatial market concentration of provinces surrounding province r at time interval t 448,445.4 68,421 +/– 
DIVERrt Spatial diversity index, measured as the sum of squares of sectoral output shares in province r at time t 9.198 66.906 – 
REL_SIZEit Relative size of the firm i at time t, measured as the output of firm i to median output in sector j 1.157 3.813 – 
CAP_INTit Capital intensity, measured as total value of fixed assets to number of employees of firm i at time t 140.80 371.97 – 
AGEit Age of firm i at time t measured as number of years since establishment to time t 4.525 4.151 – 

aExpected effect of the variable on the hazard of exit.

Source: Authors’ computations.

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