<i> A Stochastic Approach to the Efficient Frontier of the Italian Banking Sector: Bank’s Characteristics and Technical Inefficiency </i> (di Rita De Siano) - ABSTRACT: During the 1990s the Italian banking sector experienced a considerable evolution due, first of all, by the accelerating process of...

<i> Financial Variables as Leading Indicators: Evidence from the G7 Countries </i> (by Rita De Siano) - ABSTRACT: This study analyses the behaviour of financial variables, such as the stock market return index and interest rates, over the business cycle phases in order to ascertain whether they can be...