The Italian banking sector has successfully faced the crisis and supported the economic and financial needs of the country but now it will have to adopt further measures aimed to stimulate productivity and efficiency, in line with European competitors. Rightsizing, redeployment and retraining...

This paper explores the transmission of non-capital shocks through banking networks. We develop a methodology to construct non-capital (idiosyncratic) shocks, using labor productivity shocks to large firms. We document a change in the relationship between foreign idiosyncratic shocks and...

This paper investigates which socio-economic and demographic factors influence the demand for digital access to financial services. For this purpose, customer data from all public savings banks in Germany are linked with socio-economic and demographic data at regional level. As a result,...

The decline in cash use and growing use of digital distribution for retail banking leads to a reduced need for bank branches. Lending to small and medium sized firms (SMEs) has not benefited as much from a digital transformation, and widespread branch closures may reduce their supply of credit....

I tests whether the market for small business lending is integrated by examining the exposure of different credit markets to localized economic shocks when they host the same bank network. In a unified approach I quantify the effect of a positive and a negative credit-supply on local activity. I...

I tests whether the market for small business lending is integrated by examining the exposure of different credit markets to localized economic shocks when they host the same bank network. In a unified approach I quantify the effect of a positive and a negative credit-supply on local activity. I...

It is widely believed that financial inclusion aids inclusive growth and reducing inequality. This study constructs financial inclusion indicator and analyzes the link of financial inclusion and income inequality for 33 provinces in Indonesia. In extension to analyses at national level,...

The study investigates the critical role of community representation within Rural Cooperative Banks (RCBs) and its influence on key decision-making processes, specifically, pertaining to financial policies, lending practices, and resource allocation. As RCBs play a pivotal role in providing...