The two recessions that have hit Italy since the end of 2008 have raised the share of non-performing loans to businesses in banks' portfolios substantially. In this paper we evaluate to what extent the deterioration of credit quality was due not only to the decline in firms' sales during the...

Italian Abstract: Il lavoro analizza l'impatto che l'eterogeneità nel ricorso da parte della clientela bancaria ai servizi on line nei vari mercati locali ha avuto sulla successiva dinamica degli sportelli bancari. L'analisi, relativa al periodo 2012-15, si concentra sulla clientela retail, il...

Italy ranks among EU countries with the fewest women on bank boards. Using a rich dataset on Italian banks that combines individual data on bank governance with different measures of performance and risk, this paper analyses the determinants of the gender gap in top positions. Econometric...

We analyse the wide array of rescue programmes adopted in several countries, following Lehman Brothers' default in September 2008, in order to support banks and other financial institutions. We first provide an overview of the programmes, comparing their characteristics, magnitudes and...

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 institutional sectors and asset categories. However,...

Il lavoro analizza le dinamiche di investimento dei fondi sovrani per paese e per settore nell'arco dell'ultimo ventennio. Il patrimonio gestito dai fondi sovrani è passato da 500 miliardi di dollari nel 1995 a 4,7 trilioni a fine 2011. Sulla base di un dataset specificamente creato, relativo a...

Using unique detailed data, we describe the role of internal capital markets in Italian business groups before and after the financial crisis, an exogenous event which provides an ideal setting to assess whether the working of internal capital markets helps group-affiliated firms to mitigate...

The Italian insolvency framework makes several restructuring tools available to firms and their creditors, so that distress does not necessarily lead to liquidation. This paper analyses two such instruments: debt restructuring agreements (DRAs) and compositions with creditors (CCs), both...

Italian Abstract: Tra il 2005 e il 2013 la disciplina italiana sulle crisi d'impresa è stata oggetto di varie riforme, che hanno cercato di rafforzare il concordato preventivo, in particolare nella sua funzione di istituto atto a favorire la continuità di aziende in crisi non irreversibile....

We examine the presence of women in Italian corporate boards before the introduction of Law 120/2012. We consider all directors of publicly-traded firms in 2008-10 and investigate the potential determinants of having boards with gender-diverse representation and the correlation between female...