Research Article

Data Mining and Economic Application in the Age of Financial Big Data: A Case Study of Shadow Banking and Interest Rate Liberalization in China

Table 3

Measurable indicators for liberalization level of interest rates and scale expansion of shadow banks.

Variable typeVariable nameImplications

Explained variablesSbankYear-on-year growth rate of entrusted loans, trust loans, and the sumof undiscounted bank acceptances
Explaining variablesDRDBenchmark deposit rate - market interest rate
LRDBenchmark loan rate - market interest rate
DRGBenchmark loan rate - inflation rate
LRGBenchmark deposit rate - inflation rate