Covariate Balance Before Matching
Means, standardized mean differences, and variance ratios
Stage
Balance Statistics
Mean (Treated) Mean (Control) Std. Mean Diff. Variance Ratio
year Before 2,018.250 2,016.606 0.794 1.000
bics Before 2.432 1.947 0.697 1.640
log_assets Before 8.793 8.677 0.059 1.893
de_ratio Before 111.152 109.027 0.016 1.547
roa Before 0.047 0.021 0.340 0.754
esg Before 3.594 3.467 0.084 1.636
countryAustria Before 0.068 0.030 0.150 NA
countryBelgium Before 0.000 0.023 −0.176 NA
countryCroatia Before 0.000 0.008 −0.101 NA
countryCzech Republic Before 0.000 0.015 −0.143 NA
countryDenmark Before 0.091 0.030 0.211 NA
countryFinland Before 0.023 0.030 −0.051 NA
countryFrance Before 0.114 0.106 0.024 NA
countryGermany Before 0.091 0.121 −0.105 NA
countryGreat Britain Before 0.068 0.136 −0.271 NA
countryGreece Before 0.023 0.015 0.051 NA
countryHungary Before 0.000 0.008 −0.101 NA
countryIreland Before 0.000 0.008 −0.101 NA
countryItaly Before 0.136 0.091 0.132 NA
countryLithuania Before 0.023 0.000 0.152 NA
countryLuxembourg Before 0.000 0.008 −0.101 NA
countryMarshall Island Before 0.000 0.008 −0.101 NA
countryNetherlands Before 0.023 0.061 −0.254 NA
countryNorway Before 0.091 0.076 0.053 NA
countryPoland Before 0.045 0.015 0.145 NA
countryPortugal Before 0.023 0.008 0.102 NA
countrySpain Before 0.068 0.068 0.000 NA
countrySweden Before 0.068 0.045 0.090 NA
countrySwitzerland Before 0.045 0.091 −0.218 NA
Note: “Before” refers to the full sample