Monthly Archives: September 2021

Loan evergreening: the role of bank solvency

Posted on September 24, 2021 by Francesc Rodríguez Tous

In a previous post, I discussed how a couple of economists at the Banco Central del Uruguay and I are identifying instances of loan evergreening—when banks provide additional credit so that firms repay their previous loans—using very granular data. The … Continue reading →

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Books Do Furnish a Life, by Richard Dawkins

Posted on September 9, 2021 by Francesc Rodríguez Tous

Yep, I am catching up with book reviews. I have read several this year, although not at the same pace as last year, so there’s a lot of work to do. Let’s dive in. Richard Dawkins, the eminent British biologist, … Continue reading →

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Loan evergreening

Posted on September 8, 2021 by Francesc Rodríguez Tous

Loan evergreening is a situation where banks provide loans to firms in order to ensure that firms keep repaying the existing (previous) loans. It is a concept related to zombie lending, broadly defined as lending to non-viable firms. Loan evergreening … Continue reading →

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So we are Bayes Business School now

Posted on September 7, 2021 by Francesc Rodríguez Tous

Yesterday, The Business School (formerly Cass), which used to be—yes, you guessed it—Cass Business School, and that also used to be City University Business School, became Bayes Business School. You may recall that, in the wake of the killing of … Continue reading →

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