Building on a new dataset on Italian banks and other financial corporations from 1861 to 2011, the novelty of this paper is to examine the patterns of the main items of bank's balance sheets, such as deposits, capital and reserves, bonds issued, bonds held in portfolio, and loans for a period of...

Questo lavoro ricostruisce serie storiche delle banche, degli istituti di emissione, della Cassa Depositi e Prestiti e degli intermediari non bancari dal 1861 al 2011. Le statistiche si riferiscono alle principali voci dei bilanci bancari, alla circolazione monetaria, alla raccolta postale, ai...

This paper reports results from a study of location, ownership, and acquisitions of automated teller machines (ATMs) by a sample of large Italian banks between 1991 and 1995. The sample banks had 85% of Italian banking assets. Data are collected at the provincial level for each bank. The...