Table 3

List of variables deployed in the study

S.No.VariablesExplanationSource
ADependent variable  
Financial stability
iBank Z scoreIt is the probability of default of a country's banking system. It is calculated as ROA+EquityAssetssd(ROA) sd(ROA)a is the standard deviation of ROAGlobal Financial Development Database, World Bank (GFDD, WB)
iiFinancial vulnerability index (FVI)Principle component analysis of 12 indicators from four sectors, namely banking, external sector, non-financial sector and stock markets. It captures the vulnerability in these sectors and is a measure of financial instabilityAuthors calculation
BExplanatory variables  
iNBFI  
aYOYOFI/TFALog of year-on-year growth rate of the proportion of financial assets of other financial institutions (YOYOFI) in total financial assets of a nation (TFA)Global Monitoring Report on NBFI 2021, FSB
bYOYNBFI lendingYOY growth rate of lending to the NBFI sectorBIS
cYOYEF2/TEFLog of year on year growth rate of the proportion of financial assets of EF2 (YOYEF2) to financial assets of total economic function (TEF) .Global Monitoring Report on NBFI 2021, FSB
CControl variables  
iBank concentration  
aAsset concentration(3) (Bank3Conc)Assets of the three largest banks as a proportion of total assets of the commercial banking systemGFDD, WB
bAsset concentration(5) (Bank5Conc)Assets of the five largest banks as a proportion of total assets of the commercial banking systemGFDD, WB
iiBank efficiency  
aCost-to-income ratio (BankC_I)It is measured as the ratio of operating expenses of a bank to the sum of net-interest revenue and other operating incomeGFDD, WB
bOverhead costs to total assets (%) (BankO_HCost/TA)Ratio of operating expenses of a bank to the value of all assets heldGFDD, WB
iiiBank profitability  
 Net interest margin (BankNIM) (%)Percentage of bank's net interest revenue as a percentage of its average interest-bearing (total earning) assetsGFDD, WB
ivBank regulatory ratio  
 Capital adequacy ratio (BankCRAR)The percentage of total regulatory capital to total assets (risk-weighted)GFDD, WB
vLiquidity  
 Liquid assets to deposits and short-term funding (%)It is the ratio of liquid assets to deposits and short-term funding. Liquid assets include cash and bank balances, trading securities, loans and advances to banks and cash collaterals. Deposits and short-term funding includes total customer deposits and short-term borrowingWDI, WB
DCountry-level variables  
iEconomic growth (GDP)Annual percentage change in real gross domestic productIFS, IMF
iiStock market development (StockTr)Yoy growth of stocks traded divided by their respective market capitalizationWDI, WB
iiiBond market development (OSpublicDebt)Ratio of outstanding public debt securities to GDP. It covers long-term bonds and notes, treasury bills, commercial paper and other short-term notesGFDD, WB
ivPolicyrateThe rate used by Central Bank of a nation to determine the monetary policyIFS, IMF
vInflationThe growth rate (yoy) of GDP implicit deflatorbData Mapper, IMF
viInstitutional quality  
 World Governance Index (WGI)Principle component analysis of indicators of governance namely; regulatory quality, government effectiveness, political stability, voice and accountability, rule of law and control of corruptionWorld Governance Indicators (WGI), WB
viiCrisis Dummy for the GFC of 2008. It is equal to 1 for the period 2007–2009 

Note(s):

aThe ROA, equity and assets are aggregated on a country level using unconsolidated data of banks from Bankscope and Orbis database. The sd (ROA) is calculated for country-years with at least 5 bank-level observations

bThe implicit deflator was calculated as the ratio of GDP in current local currency to GDP in constant local currency (base year: 2010)

Source(s): Authors' own creation

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