Data for: Political uncertainty and firm entry: Evidence from Chinese manufacturing industries
Description
Our data are mainly from two datasets compiled by the National Bureau of Statistics of China and one dataset we compiled. Industry-related variables are from the Chinese Industrial Enterprises Database, a longitudinal micro-level database based on annual surveys of manufacturing, mining, and construction firms with at least five million yuan in annual sales. This database is the most comprehensive source of information on industrial firms and has been used by some leading academic papers (e.g., Hsieh and Klenow, 2009; Song et al., 2011) . In this study, we focus on the manufacturing sector and construct a panel dataset for 30 industries in 268 cities during 1998–2009. City-related control variables are mainly from the Statistical Bulletin for each city, China City Statistical Yearbook, and Statistical Yearbook for each province. These sources are the most comprehensive statistics on the social and economic development of Chinese prefectural cities. Statistics include, for example, GDP, government expenditure, population, employment, and education. Politician profile data are compiled from www.people.cn, XinhuaNet, and Baidu Encyclopedia . The data contain the names of the municipal party committee secretary and the mayor of 268 cities during 1998–2009. The data also contain the previous position of each secretary and mayor. The data are cross-checked with other sources to ensure quality.