Two broad determinants of interest are a) social capital/cohesion, and b) religion, faith, and spirituality.
This paper examines the level and determinants of interest in entrepreneurship among university undergraduate students in Singapore based on a large sample survey conducted in 1998.
To the best of my knowledge, the determinants of interest rates in Sri Lanka are not hitherto identified.
Apart from studies on Asian countries, a substantial volume of research examines the determinants of interest rates for many other developed and developing countries.
On the other hand, Goh and Alias (2002) and Ahmad and Karim (2011) study the determinants of interest rates in Malaysia, Ahn (1994) focuses on Korea and Singapore, while He et al. (2014) study interest rate determination in China.
Several studies address the determinants of interest rates in Asian countries, such as Maitra (2017), Abubakar and Sivagnanam (2016), Bhattacharya et al. (2008), Bhanumurthy and Agarwal (2003), Dua and Pandit (2002), Nachane (1988), and Paul (1984) for the Indian economy.
One focal determinant of interest is social capital/cohesion, broadly defined as collective resources available to individuals through their social connections.
In a Star Trek-style world, then, Dr Cowen thinks the chief determinant of interest rates would be the price of starship fuel.
Social epidemiology approaches this variable as a primary determinant of interest and is used in this research to better understand the aetiology of violence in South Africa.
