risk in the banking sector. The share of non-performing loans in total loans indicates the quality of bank assets, so their …-performing loans depends on a number of factors, both macroeconomic and bank-specific, which regulatory authorities must keep in mind …

This paper reviews and assesses financial stability challenges in countries preparing for EU membership, i.e. Albania …

This paper builds a dataset on bank ownership that covers more than 6,500 banks in 181 countries (59 low … reversed these trends. At the country level, the relationship between bank ownership and each of GDP growth and financial depth …. Bank-level regressions show that state-owned banks are less profitable and have a higher share of non-performing loans than …