Data for: Political uncertainty and firm entry: Evidence from Chinese manufacturing industries

Our data are mainly from two datasets compiled by the National Bureau of Statistics of China and one dataset we compiled. Industry-related variables are from the Chinese Industrial Enterprises Database, a longitudinal micro-level database based on annual surveys of manufacturing, mining, and construction firms with at least five million yuan in annual sales. This database is the most comprehensive source of information on industrial firms and has been used by some leading academic papers (e.g., Hsieh and Klenow, 2009; Song et al., 2011) . In this study, we focus on the manufacturing sector and construct a panel dataset for 30 industries in 268 cities during 1998–2009. City-related control variables are mainly from the Statistical Bulletin for each city, China City Statistical Yearbook, and Statistical Yearbook for each province. These sources are the most comprehensive statistics on the social and economic development of Chinese prefectural cities. Statistics include, for example, GDP, government expenditure, population, employment, and education. Politician profile data are compiled from www.people.cn, XinhuaNet, and Baidu Encyclopedia . The data contain the names of the municipal party committee secretary and the mayor of 268 cities during 1998–2009. The data also contain the previous position of each secretary and mayor. The data are cross-checked with other sources to ensure quality.本研究的数据主要来源于中国国家统计局编制的两套数据集，以及本团队自行编制的一套数据集。行业相关变量取自中国工业企业数据库（Chinese Industrial Enterprises Database），该数据库为纵向微观数据库，基于对年销售额不低于500万元的制造业、采矿业及建筑业企业开展的年度调查构建而成。该数据库是目前覆盖最全面的工业企业信息数据源，已被多篇顶尖学术文献采用（例如Hsieh与Klenow，2009年；Song等人，2011年）。本研究聚焦制造业板块，构建了1998-2009年期间覆盖268个城市、30个行业的面板数据集。城市层面的控制变量数据主要来源于各城市统计公报、《中国城市统计年鉴》以及各省份统计年鉴。上述数据源为中国地级城市社会经济发展状况最全面的统计资料，涵盖国内生产总值（GDP）、财政支出、人口、就业及教育水平等核心指标。官员履历数据来源于人民网（www.people.cn）、新华网（XinhuaNet）以及百度百科（Baidu Encyclopedia）。该数据集包含1998-2009年期间268个城市的市委书记与市长名单，同时收录了每位书记及市长的前任任职信息。为保障数据质量，本研究已通过多源交叉比对对该数据集进行了校验。