Question

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...