Bartoli, Francesca; Ferri, Giovanni; Murro, Pierluigi; … - In: Journal of Financial Stability 9 (2013) 1, pp. 90-104
We examine the role played by Mutual Guarantee Institutions (MGIs) in the lending policies undertaken by banks at the peak of the Great Crisis of 2007–2009. We address this issue by using a large database on Italian firms built from the credit files of UniCredit banking Group and focusing on...