Documentation for data and programs for "Finance, Firm Size, and Growth" by Beck, Demirguc-Kunt, Laeven, and Levine Dataset: The main dataset (in Stata format) is "BDLL.dta". The file with name "BDLL.csv" is the same dataset in *.csv format. The Stata do-file with the name "BDLL.do" will generate all the summary statistics and regression tables includeed in the paper (Tables 1 though 6 and Appendix Table 1). Variable definitions are as follows: variable name defintion cno Country code isic ISIC industry code country Country name gth_isic8089_rz Growth in real VA by ISIC Rev. 2, avg. over period 1980-89. From RZ 1998. gth_isic8000 Growth in real VA by ISIC Rev. 2, avg. over period 1980-2000. Source: UNIDO. gth_isic9000 Growth in real VA by ISIC Rev. 2, avg. over period 1990-2000. Source: UNIDO. exf_a80 External financial dependence 1980s, US Compustat, Rajan and Zingales (1998) lpcap80 Log of per capita income in 1980 frat Share in value added in 1980 dcno1 cno== 2.0000 dcno2 cno== 4.0000 dcno3 cno== 5.0000 dcno4 cno== 6.0000 dcno5 cno== 7.0000 dcno6 cno== 8.0000 dcno7 cno== 9.0000 dcno8 cno== 10.0000 dcno9 cno== 11.0000 dcno10 cno== 12.0000 dcno11 cno== 13.0000 dcno12 cno== 14.0000 dcno13 cno== 15.0000 dcno14 cno== 16.0000 dcno15 cno== 17.0000 dcno16 cno== 18.0000 dcno17 cno== 19.0000 dcno18 cno== 20.0000 dcno19 cno== 21.0000 dcno20 cno== 22.0000 dcno21 cno== 23.0000 dcno22 cno== 24.0000 dcno23 cno== 26.0000 dcno24 cno== 27.0000 dcno25 cno== 28.0000 dcno26 cno== 29.0000 dcno27 cno== 30.0000 dcno28 cno== 31.0000 dcno29 cno== 32.0000 dcno30 cno== 33.0000 dcno31 cno== 34.0000 dcno32 cno== 35.0000 dcno33 cno== 36.0000 dcno34 cno== 37.0000 dcno35 cno== 38.0000 dcno36 cno== 39.0000 dcno37 cno== 40.0000 dcno38 cno== 42.0000 dcno39 cno== 45.0000 dcno40 cno== 46.0000 dcno41 cno== 48.0000 dcno42 cno== 49.0000 dcno43 cno== 50.0000 dcno44 cno== 53.0000 disic1 isic== 311.0000 disic2 isic== 313.0000 disic3 isic== 314.0000 disic4 isic== 321.0000 disic5 isic== 322.0000 disic6 isic== 323.0000 disic7 isic== 324.0000 disic8 isic== 331.0000 disic9 isic== 332.0000 disic10 isic== 341.0000 disic11 isic== 342.0000 disic12 isic== 351.0000 disic13 isic== 352.0000 disic14 isic== 353.0000 disic15 isic== 354.0000 disic16 isic== 355.0000 disic17 isic== 356.0000 disic18 isic== 361.0000 disic19 isic== 362.0000 disic20 isic== 369.0000 disic21 isic== 371.0000 disic22 isic== 372.0000 disic23 isic== 381.0000 disic24 isic== 382.0000 disic25 isic== 383.0000 disic26 isic== 384.0000 disic27 isic== 385.0000 disic28 isic== 390.0000 disic29 isic== 3211.0000 disic30 isic== 3411.0000 disic31 isic== 3511.0000 disic32 isic== 3512.0000 disic33 isic== 3513.0000 disic34 isic== 3522.0000 disic35 isic== 3825.0000 disic36 isic== 3832.0000 disic37 isic== 3841.0000 disic38 isic== 3843.0000 INTFA_AV Intangible-to-net fixed assets (Compustat, Sector average) PROP_MED Property rights index, median 1995-1999 efflegal Index for efficiency of the legal system 1980-83, BIC, LaPorta et al. USgrowth_a80 Growth in real sales, ind. median of firm av. growth 80-90 for US, Compustat sva90 Share in value added, 1990. Source: UNIDO uktotalfirms Total firms, UK, Amadeus, empl>=10, year 1997 ukrempl11 share in total number of employees, empl 10-19, UK rempl11de Share in total number of employees, empl 10-19, Germany, >3 firms pcgdp Private credit from banks and other FIs to GDP in 1990 cost_pct Entry cost as % of GDP per capita, Djankov et al. 2002 lly80 Liquid liabilities to GDP, 1980 privo80 Private credit by deposit money banks and other FIs to GDP, 1980 tor80 Stock market turnover, 1980 trade80 Trade (% of GDP) in 1980 gcf Financing obstacles, WBES, country-average sme5e Share of employment by firms with less than 5 employees, US Census 1992 sme10e Share of employment by firms with less than 10 employees, US Census 1992 sme20e Share of employment by firms with less than 20 employees, US Census 1992 sme100e Share of employment by firms with less than 100 employees, US Census 1992 sme5e97 Share of employment by firms with less than 5 employees, US Census 1997 sme10e97 Share of employment by firms with less than 10 employees, US Census 1997 sme20e97 Share of employment by firms with less than 20 employees, US Census 1997 sme100e97 Share of employment by firms with less than 100 employees, US Census 1997 rating_split Ratings splits r2 R-squared stock price synchronicity measure s20_58 Share of employment in companies with 0-19 employees by industry, US Census 1958 conc4 4-concentration ratio, 1992 US Census