It should be stressed that in the model specifications using Z- scores, total equity to total assets and return on assets are not considered as control variables because the Z-scores are a function of these two variables and would lead to spurious results. We also included some macroeconomic factors in our panel regression namely the interbank deposit rate spreads (IBSpread), the growth rate of the real gross domestic product (GDP), unemployment rate (Unemploy) and changes in the house price index (House) to investigate the relation between banks’ funding liquidity risk and risk taking.