The purpose of this study is twofold. First, construct a leading indicator based on news headlines, and second, examine whether this novel indicator affects Greek bank deposit flows’ trajectory. Employing alternative econometric methodologies, we find that this index proxies for depositors’...

Constructing a financial stress index, we examine the relationship between financial stability and real estate price fluctuation in Greece, whose experience during the last two decades makes it an ideal laboratory. Employing a VAR and a Bayesian VAR model, we demonstrate the ability of this...

In the financial crisis of 2007, many banks with high level of Non-performing loans (NPLs) found their sources of capital dried up, which occurred because of bad management. Huge amounts of NPLs imply both a lack of management methods and lack of capital. Also, high NPL levels have resulted to...

The objective of this study is to examine the causes of non-performing loans (NPLs) in the banking system of the euro area for the period 2003-2013 and distinguish between core and periphery country determinants. The increase in NPLs post crisis has put into question the robustness of many...

In the financial crisis of 2007, many banks with high level of NPLs found their sources of capital dried up, which occurred because of bad management. Huge amounts of NPLs imply both a lack of management methods and lack of capital. Also, high NPL levels have resulted to negative effects to...

The objective of this paper is to identify the main determinants of non-performing loans in the euro-area banking system for the period 1990Q1-2015Q2 using GMM estimations. On top of the bank- and country-specific variables proposed by the literature the roles of income tax and output gap are...

We investigate whether the textual sentiment affects European depositors’ behavior to withdraw their deposits. Following Loughran and McDonald (2011) methodology, we construct two textual sentiments able to capture the perceived uncertainty. Our findings suggest that a high frequency of...