its sub-components. Our empirical results suggest that a rise in total loans inevitably leads to a deterioration in the … insignificant and disappears if the services trade balance is considered. When we examine different types of loans, our findings … indicate that both consumer and corporate loans have sizeable and negative effect on both the current account and goods trade …

The issuance of sustainability-linked loans (SLLs) has grown exponentially in recent years. Using a scoring methodology … effective incentives for improving corporate sustainability performance. We demonstrate that the majority of loans fails to meet …

This paper analyzes sustainability‐linked loans (SLLs), a new category of debt instrument that incorporates … environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations. Using a large sample of loans issued between 2017 and 2022, we assess …

. Bank-level regressions show that state-owned banks are less profitable and have a higher share of non-performing loans than …

Non-performing loans in the Albanian banking system is becoming one of key concerns for banks, particularly after the …