The receipts from shipping services have been a vital resource for the Greek economy covering a perennial trade deficit. The downward adjustment in freight rates following the Lehman brothers collapse was swift severely impacting shipping inflows into the Greek economy. Almost two years later,...

We link senior banks loan officers’ responses regarding their decisions for bank credit standards, from successive surveys from the European Bank Lending Survey to investigate two important issues. First, we examine the relationship between bank credit standards (CS) and perceived and actual...

We link senior banks loan officers' responses regarding their decisions for bank credit standards, from successive surveys from the European Bank Lending Survey to investigate two important issues. First, we examine the relationship between bank credit standards (CS) and perceived and actual...