Industrial Production Data for SARS Economic Impact Analysis in China

Replication data supports research on market power redistribution following the 2003 SARS epidemic in China. The core data originates from the Annual Surveys of Industrial Production collected by China's National Bureau of Statistics. Author Hongsong Zhang published this replication package in 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing changes in firm-level market power metrics from the `data_NBS.dta` file before and after the 2003 SARS shock.
• Estimating industry concentration using firm revenue and output columns from the National Bureau of Statistics surveys between 1998 and 2007.
• Modeling the economic shock's heterogeneous impact across regions and sectors using geographic and industry classification codes in the data.

Strengths

• Covers a 10-year panel from 1998 to 2007, capturing pre- and post-SARS periods.
• Data sourced from the authoritative National Bureau of Statistics of China.

Limitations

• The primary proprietary dataset (`data_NBS.dta`) is not included due to confidentiality restrictions.
• Analysis is limited to the specific context of the 2003 SARS outbreak in China.

Provenance

Source

National Bureau of Statistics of China (Annual Surveys of Industrial Production).

Collection Method

Collected via official annual industrial production surveys.

Time Range

1998 to 2007

Freshness

Dataset package last updated in March 2026.

Geography

China