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Italian Abstract: Il lavoro descrive le caratteristiche dei private placement e discute le condizioni necessarie per la loro diffusione in Europa. Il private placement è una modalità di finanziamento usata principalmente da imprese di medie dimensioni che, non potendo accedere al mercato...
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Italian Abstract: Il tema del finanziamento degli investimenti a lungo termine è al centro dell'agenda delle autorità di politica economica; è tra le priorità della Presidenza italiana dell'Unione Europea. Il lavoro presenta le principali iniziative internazionali in materia e mette in rilievo...
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In this paper we describe an analytical framework to assess financial stability risks in the Italian economy. We use a large number of indicators, selected to take into account the peculiarities of the Italian economy, to monitor risks in seven areas: interlinkages, the credit markets, the...
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We identify two categories of potentially ‘bad investors’ in TLAC-eligible bonds for the purpose of bail-in, i.e. households and hedge funds. The exposure of households may create political economy problems for policy makers when they have to decide about bail-in, while holdings by hedge...
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Italian Abstract: Il lending-based crowdfunding (LBC) è un canale di finanziamento, alternativo rispetto a quello rappresentato dagli intermediari creditizi, per mezzo del quale famiglie e piccole imprese sono finanziate direttamente da una moltitudine di investitori. L'incontro tra domanda e...
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Shadow banking is the creation or transfer – by banks and non-bank intermediaries – of bank-like risks outside the banking system. In Italy the shadow banking system is fully regulated, mostly following the principle of same business-same rules or ‘bank-equivalent regulation'. After an...
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The paper looks at the characteristics of Italian non-financial firms that accessed the bond market for the first time between 2002 and 2013. The results of logit estimations indicate that first-time bond issuers are significantly larger and more frequently listed on the stock exchange than...
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In this paper we investigate the governance structure of Italian pensions funds. First, we conduct a brief but critical review of the theoretical and empirical literature, in order to identify the areas where major improvements are necessary: a) the skills and competence of the trustees; b) the...
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This paper summarizes the results attained by the Eurosystem in harmonizing the statistics used for the conduct of monetary policy. Since the creation of the euro area, in January 1999, significant progress has been made in the harmonization of data on banks' balance sheets, central banks and...
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Using a unique data set, this paper describes the main features of the venture capital industry in Italy. Operations by Italian specialised venture capitalists are only in part devoted to small, young firms from advanced industries, have a rather short duration and are weakly focused on a few...
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