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Table 2 Variables used for construction of financial development index

From: Alternative measure of financial development and investment-cash flow sensitivity: evidence from an emerging economy

Category

Indicator

Financial Institutions

Financial Markets

Depth

Private sector credit to GDP

Mutual fund assets to GDP

Pension fund assets to GDP

Nonbank financial assets to GDP

Stock market capitalization to GDP

Stock market total value traded to GDP

International debt issues to GDP

Outstanding domestic private debt securities to GDP

Outstanding domestic public debt securities to GDP

Access

Bank branches per 100,000 adults

ATMs per 100,000 adults

Working capital financed by banks

Market capitalization excluding 10 top largest companies to total market capitalization

Non-financial corporate bonds to total bonds

Investments financed by equity or stock sales

Efficiency

Bank net interest margin

Bank lending-deposit spread

Non-investment income to total income

Return on assets

Return on equity

Bank cost to income ratio

Bank overhead cost to total assets

Stock market turnover ratio (stocks traded to capitalization)

Stability

Bank Z-score

Non-performing loans to total loans (%)

Bank credit to bank deposits

Capital to risk weighted assets

Stock price volatility

  1. Source: Authors’ own compilation