opportunity for unlisted firms. Using the Italian Credit Register, we investigate the impact of minibond issuance on bank credit … reduce the amount of used bank credit but increase the overall amount of available external funds, pointing to a substitution … with bank credit and to a diversification of corporate funding sources. Studying their ex-post performance, we find that …

regulatory reform which allowed unlisted firms to issue minibonds. Using the Italian Credit Register, we compare new loans … power with banks. Issuer firms also reduce the amount of used bank credit, expand their total and fixed assets, and raise …