This paper examines the continuous increase of nonperforming loans in Albania as a result of the problems caused by economics crisis and the decrease of incomes coming from emigrants. The methodology used consists on applying Johansen multivariate co-integration test to show the long-run relationship that exists between nonperforming loans and: real GDP; unemployment; inflation; loan interest rate; and remittance. The data taken are calculated on quarterly basis from 2003 to 2013. The results show that nonperforming loans and all these variables are co-integrated but this is a weak co-integration in the long run.
The main purpose of this study is to evaluate and determine the effects of trade liberalization on the economic growth in Albania. The factors included in this project are, foreign direct investment (FDI), exchange rate, and trade openness. Trade openness was computed as the ratio of total of imports and exports to total exports. The methodology comprises the use of the above mentioned macroeconomics indicators which are all gathered by official institution database for an interval time of 10 years measured in quarterly bases'. Secondly a macroeconomic model will be performed in order to understand the impact and relationship of trade openness on economic growth (GDP). Finally based on the result from the statistics of all panel models, it is showed that trade openness and exchange rate has a significantly positive impact on economic growth.
Imports and Exports have an important role in the Economic Growth of a country. This paper discusses the relationship between export, import and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Albania by using annual data for the period between 1984 and 2012. Different empirical researches and macro econometric models indicates that there is an equilibrium relationship between exports, imports and GDP in the long term. The main goal is to find if imports and exports affect the GDP growth in Albania? The relationship between this variables is shown by using Econometric Views statistical package and the source of data used is World Bank.
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