The Banks and the Italian Economy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Silipo, Damiano Bruno. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD, 2009.
• Subjects: Economics.; Industrial organization (Economic theory).; Regional economics.; Economics/Management Science.; Finance/Investment/Banking.; Industrial Organization.; Regional/Spatial Science.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2112-3

The Italian banking system underwent major transformations during the 1990s. This book seeks to depict the effects of those changes on the Italian economy. First, using credit rationing as an indicator of financial development, the book explores to what extent financial development serves as an ince...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Credit Rationing in Italy
• Does Local Financial Development Matter?- Local Financial Development and Corporate Financial Policy
• The Geography of Banking Power: The Role of Functional Distance
• Bank Mergers and Credit Allocation Among Italian Regions
• Basel II and the Financing of R&D Investments
• Basel II and Banking Behaviour in Local Markets
• Consolidation, Ownership Structure and Efficiency in the Italian Banking System
• Measuring the Efficiency of the Banking System in a Dualistic Economy: Evidence From the Italian Case
• Consolidation, Ownership Structure and Efficiency in the Italian Banking System.