Research Article

Measurement and Analysis of the Competitiveness of China Commercial Bank’s Loan Market

Table 3

Definition of variables.

VariableMeaningDefinition of this article

Total costInterest expenses + operating expenses
Loan outputTotal loans
Interest incomeLoan interest income
Lending ratesInterest expense/loan
Wage rateOperating expenses/number of employees
Lending ratesInterest income/total interest-earning assets
NPL ratioLoan loss provision/total loan