We analyse the developments of investment and investment financing in Italy since 1995, based on data from national … accounts and the flow of funds. The exceptional fall in investment after the global financial crisis in 2007 concerned all … intangible investment instead weathered the double recession better. Focusing on investment financing, the eruption of the crisis …

In this paper we describe the investment behavior of manufacturing firms in Italy between 1995 and 2013 and we … investment using information on firms' demand expectations, uncertainty, and credit constraints, based on the Bank of Italy … investigate the most important factors leading to the decline in investment since 2008. We estimate an error correction model for …

. Moreover, micro-founded variables are scarcely employed in macroeconomic forecasting of real investment. We fill this gap by … considering a battery of univariate and multivariate time-series models to forecast investment of non-financial corporations in … Italy, an interesting case study due to its steep downturn during the two afore-mentioned crises. We find that a vector …

This paper examines the causes of the exceptionally marked fall in non-construction investment in Italy since 2007. Non …-financial private services were the main driver of the decline in the aggregate investment rate, but all sectors weighed in negatively …; the reallocation of value added away from industry was a further drag on investment. In concordance with survey findings …

Bank of Italy website; in the future the series will be updated monthly and will remain available on the statistical …

This paper analyzes the evolution of the natural gas distribution sector in Italy from the 2000 reform with the aim of …

recent Bank of Italy survey. There are still substantial differences across Italy's regions, and the level of efficiency is …