Marina, Damilano; Paola, De Vincentiis; Eleonora, Isaia - In: Banca Impresa Società (2012) 2, pp. 281-306
The mutual guarantee system - composed of the so called confidi - is one ofthe most important peculiarities of the Italian financial system. In other Europeanand non-European countries similar institutions operate in smoothing SME's accessto credit, but the phenomenon is much more capillary in...