I\'m doing a term paper and I need a bit of help. I\'m supposed to pick a topic

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I'm doing a term paper and I need a bit of help. I'm supposed to pick a topic and create a data set. I have to have ONE dependent variable and 4 or more explanatory (categorical) variables. My topic is "Financial Sector" and I have the following indicators avaible to me to choose what I want to be my dependent and explanatory variables. I'm just having trouble picking my dependent and explanatory variables. I'm doing my research based on COUNTRIES.

Bank capital to assets ratio (%)

Money and quasi money growth (annual %)

Bank nonperforming loans to total gross loans (%)

Net migration

Claims on central government (annual growth as % of broad money)

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

Claims on other sectors of the domestic economy (annual growth as % of broad money)

Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$)

Deposit interest rate (%)

Private credit bureau coverage (% of adults)

Depth of credit information index (0=low to 8=high)

Public credit registry coverage (% of adults)

Domestic credit provided by financial sector (% of GDP)

Real interest rate (%)

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)

Risk premium on lending (lending rate minus treasury bill rate, %)

Interest rate spread (lending rate minus deposit rate, %)

S&P Global Equity Indices (annual % change)

International migrant stock, total

Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP)

Lending interest rate (%)

Stocks traded, turnover ratio (%)

Listed domestic companies, total

Strength of legal rights index (0=weak to 12=strong)

Market capitalization of listed companies (current US$)

Total reserves (includes gold, current US$)

Market capitalization of listed companies (% of GDP)

http://data.worldbank.org/indicator --- scroll down to the financial sector to see all other indicators..

Therefore, can someone help me choose 1 strong dependent variable and 4 or more explanatory variables? Thank you in advance...

Explanation / Answer

Dependent Variable

Domestic credit provided by financial sector (% of GDP)

Domestic credit provided by the financial sector includes all credit to various sectors on a gross basis, with the exception of credit to the central government, which is net. The financial sector includes monetary authorities and deposit money banks, as well as other financial corporation’s where data are available (including corporations that do not accept transferable deposits but do incur such liabilities as time and savings deposits). Examples of other financial corporations are finance and leasing companies, money lenders, insurance corporations, pension funds, and foreign exchange companies.

Explainatory Variable

Private credit bureau coverage (% of adults)

Private credit bureau coverage reports the number of individuals or firms listed by a private credit bureau with current information on repayment history, unpaid debts, or credit outstanding. The number is expressed as a percentage of the adult population.

Depth of credit information index (0=low to 8=high)

Depth of credit information index measures rules affecting the scope, accessibility, and quality of credit information available through public or private credit registries. The index ranges from 0 to 8, with higher values indicating the availability of more credit information, from either a public registry or a private bureau, to facilitate lending decisions.

Public credit registry coverage (% of adults)

Public credit registry coverage reports the number of individuals and firms listed in a public credit registry with current information on repayment history, unpaid debts, or credit outstanding. The number is expressed as a percentage of the adult population.

S&P Global Equity Indices (annual % change)

S&P Global Equity Indices measure the U.S. dollar price change in the stock markets covered by the S&P/IFCI and S&P/Frontier BMI country indices.

International migrant stock, total

International migrant stock is the number of people born in a country other than that in which they live. It also includes refugees. The data used to estimate the international migrant stock at a particular time are obtained mainly from population censuses. The estimates are derived from the data on foreign-born population--people who have residence in one country but were born in another country. When data on the foreign-born population are not available, data on foreign population--that is, people who are citizens of a country other than the country in which they reside--are used as estimates.

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