This study contributes to an understanding of the practice of social reporting in Italian bank foundations …. Specifically, the study examines the views of the preparers of social reports. In Italy, the development of social reports for non …?The research was conducted using a survey submitted to the preparers of social reports of all Italian bank foundations (BFs). The …

reference to Cooperative Credit Banks (BCC) in Italy, if the intensity of SD is actually representative of the social …

We investigate bank loans' specialness with a particular focus on the recent boom and bust cycle. We perform an … January 2000 and December 2009. We find a significant and negative reaction to bank loan announcements which is mostly driven … by loan provided during the crisis period. We also document significant changes in bank behavior over the boom and bust …

, lending directives and disguised taxation. Increases in interest rates caused sharp drops in securities prices. Hence bank …, deceived by negative real interest rates on bank deposits, moved towards financial instruments issued by non …

into foreign markets. The aim of this paper is to study whether bank support can help small businesses (SBs) exporting at … based on a specific designed survey. We provide an empirical analysis of the role of bank support in affecting the firms …' export decisions. Our results show that among the exporting SBs those using bank services to support their exports have a …