Table 5 Comparison of descriptive statistics for original versus estimated loan terms.
From: A project-level dataset of Chinese Belt and Road energy investments 2013–2023
Loan Term | Statistic | Original Value | Imputed Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Maturity (years) | Mean | 14.63 | 14.77 |
Median | 15 | 15 | |
Std. Dev. | 5.39 | 5.18 | |
Count (n) | 234 | 369 | |
Interest rate (% per annum) | Mean | 3.79% | 3.85% |
Median | 3.69% | 3.71% | |
Std. Dev. | 1.91 | 1.58 | |
Count (n) | 172 | 369 | |
Grace period (years) | Mean | 4.59 | 3.92 |
Median | 4 | 3 | |
Std. Dev. | 2.44 | 2.30 | |
Count (n) | 141 | 369 | |
Proportion of data missing (for each term) | Maturity | 37% | — |
Interest rate | 53% | — | |
Grace period | 62% | — |
