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Patti, Emilia Bonaccorsi Di; Dell'Ariccia, Giovanni - Banca d'Italia - 2003

find evidence of a bellshaped relationship between bank competition and firm creation. In addition, consistent with models … finding that competition may reduce the availability of credit to informationally opaque firms, we find that bank competition …We investigate the effects of competition in the banking sector on the creation of firms in the non-financial sector …

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Bank Competition and Regulatory Reform: The Case of the Italian Banking Industry.

Angelini, P.; Cetorelli, N. - Banca d'Italia - 2000

The paper analyzes the evolution of competitive conditions in the Italian banking industry using firm-level balance sheet data for the period 1983-1997. Regulatory reform, large-scale consolidation, and competitive pressure from other European countries have changed substantially the banking...

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The Multimarket Contacts Theory: An Application to Italian Banks.

De Bonis, R.; Ferrando, A. - Banca d'Italia - 2000

The multimarket contact hypothesis holds that more contacts between firms competing in the same markets may induce more collusion. This paper tests the hypothesis for the Italian banking market, analysing the behaviour of the largest Italian banks from 1990 to 1996. Market rivalry is gauged by...

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Macroeconomic uncertainty and banks' lending decisions: The case of Italy

Quagliariello, Mario - Banca d'Italia - 2007

This paper discusses the role that macroeconomic uncertainty plays in banksï¿½ decisions on the optimal asset allocation. Using a portfolio model recently proposed in the literature, the paper aims at disentangling how Italian banks choose between loans and risk-free assets when uncertainty...

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Italian mutual banks and the challenge of Basel III

Cannata, Francesco; Giorgio Dï¿½Acunto; Allegri, … - Banca d'Italia - 2013

banks are faced with the upcoming Basel III reform. Economic trends continue to exert pressure on the traditional bank …

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Looking ahead to Basel 3: Italian banks on the move

Cannata, Francesco; Bevilacqua, Marco; Casellina, … - Banca d'Italia - 2013

In December 2010 the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published a set of new regulations for banks in response to the financial crisis. This paper aims at evaluating the possible effects of the new framework on banksï¿½ available regulatory capital and risk-weighted assets and assessing...

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The effects of Basel 2 on Italian banks: results of the 5th quantitative simulation

Cannata, Francesco - Banca d'Italia - 2006

In 2007 the new framework for capital adequacy of banks (Basel 2), defined in 2004 by the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision, will replace the 1988 Accord (Basel 1) in all major countries. In the last years the Committee has carried out several impact studies in order to simulate the...

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