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An Anatomy of Italian Cities : Evidence from Firm-Level Data
Lamorgese, Andrea Roberto - 2017
Economic activity is concentrated in urban areas and during the 20th century the urban population grew at a faster rate than the national average in many countries. Why is this the case? In this paper we focus on the urban premium in firms' productivity. We run two exercises. First, we document...
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Zombie Firms in Italy : A Critical Assessment
Rodano, Giacomo - 2019
in Italy. We use as a benchmark the influential measure proposed by the OECD (Adalet McGowan et al. 2017a and 2017b …
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Economies of Scale Revisited : Evidence from Italian Banks
Bonaccorsi di Patti, Emilia - 2020
This paper provides new estimates of cost scale economies for Italian banks, based on a model of bank production that takes into account a comprehensive definition of output including different categories of loans, deposits, off-balance sheet items, payment services, and brokerage and asset...
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Water Services in Italy : Implementation of the Reform and Efficiency of Providers
Benvenuti, Michele - 2009
information sources include two Bank of Italy surveys carried out in 2007 on local public water authorities and local water …
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Italian Household Debt after the 2008 Crisis
Magri, Silvia - 2012
After the crisis, from 2008 to 2010 the share of indebted households decreased both owing to a reduction in loan demand and stricter supply conditions. The reduction regarded mortgages and involved low-income households and the self-employed. Recourse to consumer credit remained stable; it...
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Principali Risultati dell’Household Finance and Consumption Survey : l’Italia Nel Confronto Internazionale (Main Results of the Household Finance and Consumption Survey: Italy in t...
Gambacorta, Romina - 2013
emphasis on the data for Italy in the international context. The paper examines households' socio-demographic characteristics …, assets and income distribution, participation in real and financial assets and indebtedness levels. The results for Italy … reveal a mean household gross income below the euro-area average. The concentration of income in Italy is roughly positioned …
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Household Over-Indebtedness : Definition and Measurement with Italian Data
D'Alessio, Giovanni - 2013
The last decade has seen significant increases in consumer indebtedness in western countries, causing concern about its economic and social impact. In particular, over-indebtedness is attracting attention from national and international authorities because of its potential effect on both the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083992
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Italian Households' Saving and Wealth During the Crisis
Bartiloro, Laura - 2013
This paper investigates trends in Italian households' saving and wealth in the last twenty years, with a special emphasis on the period immediately following the financial crisis in 2008. The analysis is based on data from the Italian Survey on Household Income and Wealth (1991-2010. The crisis...
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Indicators of Financial Vulnerability : A Household Level Study
Michelangeli, Valentina - 2017
This paper compares two indicators of household vulnerability using the Bank of Italy's Survey on Household Income and …
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The Expansion of Consumer Credit in Italy and in the Euro Area : What Are the Drivers and the Risks?
Magri, Silvia - 2019
Since 2015 consumer loans have been rising fast in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. Credit demand, specifically for … consumer durables, has played a crucial role; the easing of supply conditions has been relevant only in Italy and Spain, which … decreasing due to the high share of fixed-rate contracts. There is wide risk heterogeneity across countries, with Italy and Spain …
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