Table 5.

Descriptives statistics

Monthly data, Jan.–Jun. 2020	Number	Mean	SD	Min	Max
Year-on-year % changes exports	300	− 3.49	35.02	− 70.70	309.21
Year-on-Year % changes imports	300	− 8.49	35.75	− 99.62	198.94
Covid-19 cases per 1000 people	300	0.52	1.36	0.00	14.80
Stringency index countermeasures	300	49.96	30.46	0.00	100
Consumer confidence (in SD)	215	− 0.69	1.30	− 3.85	2.51
Purchasing Manager Index (in SD)	164	− 1.62	1.77	− 7.39	1.37
Quarterly data, Q1 and Q2 2020	Number	Mean	SD	Min	Max
Year-on-year % changes exports	110	− 3.49	23.75	− 54.24	100.14
Year-on-year % changes imports	110	− 9.50	29.82	− 95.96	107.58
Covid-19 cases per 1000 people	110	1.41	3.44	0.00	32.77
Stringency index countermeasures	110	45.85	27.511	6.17	92.59
Consumer confidence (in SD)	79	− 0.62	1.23	− 3.38	1.93
Purchasing Manager Index (in SD)	56	− 1.59	1.27	− 5.19	0.30

Note: This table reports summary statistics for the variables used in the regression analysis reported in Tables 2 and 3. Sources: FCA, Johns Hopkins University’s Coronavirus Resource Center, Oxford University Coronavirus Government Response Tracker, IHS Markit, Macrobond