Research Article
Noninterest Income and Performance of Commercial Banking in China
Table 1
The explanation of the model variables.
| Category | Variable | Calculation of the variable | Explanation |
| Explained variable | Performance | ROE | Net profit/net asset | The performance of profitability |
| Explanatory variable | Noninterest income | NIR | Noninterest income/total operating income | How much and how well banks carry out noninterest business |
| Control variable | Bad loan ratio (BAD) | Nonperforming loans/balance of loans | The credit assets’ security condition | Capital adequacy ratio (CAR) | Capital/risk-weighted asset | How well the risk control ability is | Cost ratio (COST) | Operating cost/operating income | Ability of control of the cost |
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