of the less regulated, so-called shadow banking sector. Employing flow-of-funds data for the Euro Area's non-bank banking … increase in non-bank banking). Overall intermediation activity, hence, has remained roughly at the same level. Moreover, our … findings also suggest that non-bank banks have tended to take positions in riskier assets (particularly in equities). In line …

This study empirically examines how the bank specific factors, macro-economic, and institutional variables impact … interest margins in China's banking sector. A panel data analysis of bank data for the period 1988-2015 was carried out. We … measure of bank interest margin not used in prior studies. …