The “Booster” of Corporate Eco-Innovation: Government Pressure Perceived by Chinese Private Firms

Table 1

Characteristics of the sample.

	N	Mean	S. D.	1	P99
Eco-innovation	2,244	0.17	0.38	0	1
Government pressure	2,244	2.51	1.28	1	5
Gender	2,244	0.82	0.38	0	1
Age	2,244	45.89	9.47	25	67
Education	2,244	2.98	1.13	1	6
Foreign education	2,244	0.13	0.34	0	1
Salary	2,244	3.18	1.43	0	7.67
Political connection	2,244	0.33	0.47	0	1
Charity member	2,244	0.2	0.40	0	1
Firm size	2,244	3.56	1.81	0	7.78
Firm age	2,244	10.5	6.66	1	30
ROA	2,244	7.64	233.76	−1	3.62