Faini, Riccardo; Giannini, Curzio; Ingrosso, Fulvio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992
We look at the role of the financial sector in the context of the relatively backward regions of Southern Italy (the so-called Mezzogiorno). Commercial banks in the South typically have higher operating costs and charge higher interest rates than Northern banks. Econometric analysis on a large...