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Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: Does mobile phone technology reduce agricultural price distortions? Evidence from cocoa and coffee industries

Variable

Obs

Mean

Std. Dev.

Min

Max

Nominal rate of assist. (NRA)

433

− 0.1934

0.23198

− 0.8426

0.53348

Absolute value of NRA

433

0.231

0.19445

0

0.8426

Subsidy (dummy variable)

405

0.1827

0.38691

0

1

Relative price margin

402

0.18402

0.36888

− 2.8304

0.85986

GDP per capita (log)

439

6.90456

1.07743

4.73512

9.02109

Inflation

420

32.3378

204.506

− 8.4842

2947.73

Public debt

428

74.6945

54.3996

9.54585

448.59

Institution (Polity2)

439

1.98633

5.71506

− 8

9

Mobile phone per 100

439

13.8604

23.7316

0

111.365

Internet connection per 100

365

4.88968

9.54438

0

55.9

% of rural population

439

56.0028

19.5705

15.956

88.924

Land per capita

439

0.4196

0.3704

0.0964

2.244