Housing affordability has become a key theme of housing policy against the background of the subprime mortgage crisis and the need to reduce fiscal subsidies. The aim of this research was to develop an approach of banking credit participation during the realization of method able to assess...

The European integration process has, for more than two decades, represented a vital issue for Albania. This process has been evolving gradually and Albania is currently working towards receiving ‘candidate country’ status, subject to the fulfillment of key measures identified in the 2012...

This paper examines the competitive dynamics and multimarket characteristics of the Italian leasing industry. We employ a GMM-system estimator for dynamic panel analysis using a unique dataset over 2002–2008. Our main findings suggest that there is no evidence of tacit collusion in the Italian...

We investigate how investors perceive the adoption of the expected-loss model (ELM) for impairment incorporated in IFRS 9. Using a sample of European listed banks covering the period of the standard-setting process of IFRS 9, we examine whether the market perceives the new regulation to increase...

Using a large sample of Italian banks over the period 2006-2009, this paper provides new evidence for the effect of the geographic distance between bank's headquarters and its branches; and furthermore for firm's characteristics, such as diversification strategies, risk exposure, ability to...

This paper sets out to analyse the determinants of Italian SMEs' choices of sources of finance, with specific reference to the role of informed (internal) capital compared to other forms of finance. In this work, we aim to identify the determinants of the mix of sources of finance using data...