Covariate Balance Before & After Matching
Means, standardized mean differences, and variance ratios
Stage
Balance Statistics
Mean (Treated) Mean (Control) Std. Mean Diff. Var. Ratio
year Before 2,018.25 2,016.61 0.79 1.00
bics Before 2.43 1.95 0.70 1.64
log_assets Before 8.79 8.68 0.06 1.89
de_ratio Before 111.15 109.03 0.02 1.55
roa Before 0.05 0.02 0.34 0.75
esg Before 3.59 3.47 0.08 1.64
year After 2,018.30 2,016.65 0.80 1.17
bics After 2.42 2.16 0.37 1.73
log_assets After 8.84 8.72 0.06 2.19
de_ratio After 112.36 117.66 −0.04 1.98
roa After 0.05 0.04 0.16 4.05
esg After 3.57 3.43 0.09 1.99
Note: “After” refers to the matched sample; country dummies are dropped because we matched exactly on country.