Italian banking system has undergone a deep reorganization since the early 1990s. The restructuring process of banking system has been far from uniformity in terms of territorial structure of intermediaries' activity and of implications for financing of productive activities in Italy's weak...

In this paper the authors analyze how macroeconomic imbalances withinthe Eurozone, primarily the current account deficits of peripheral countries and the surpluses of central countries, have contributed to deteriorate the development perspectives of the former, thus compromising the financial...

In this article the author provides a critical review of the theoretical and empirical literature on the factors that cause the reduction in corporate loans. The analysis focuses in particular on the studies that have analyzed the disruption of credit markets and finance have occurred in the...