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Table 6<br />

Accounting and market variables<br />

Variable Mean<br />

Std. 1st<br />

Deviation Quartile Median<br />

3rd<br />

Quartile<br />

Min. Max.<br />

ASSETS 1.541.808 3.460.296 100.206 330.571 1.225.485 6.200 18.650.669<br />

SALES 891.480 1.617.383 49.097 216.583 813.695 3.410 6.977.520<br />

MKCAP 675.978 1.640.323 12.150 109.382 355.213 525 10.009.190<br />

ER 0.27 0.19 0.15 0.24 0.38 -0.21 0.82<br />

ROA 0.03 0.08 0.01 0.03 0.07 -0.35 0.34<br />

PBV 1.83 2.06 0.68 1.28 2.26 -0.07 14.41<br />

Notas:<br />

ASSETS = Total assets, in thousands of euros;<br />

SALES = Total sales, in thousands of euros;<br />

MKCAP = Market capitalization of firm equity, in thousands of euros;<br />

ER = Equity ratio, computed as the ratio between book equity and total assets;<br />

ROA = Asset profitability, computed as earnings before interest, taxes and<br />

extraordinary items divided by total assets;<br />

PBV = Price Book Value. This is equal to MKCAP dividend by the book value of<br />

equity;<br />

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