In the last decade the Italian economy has underperformed compared both with the previous decades and with the main European countries. It is widely acknowledged that this evolution reflects unresolved structural problems, which have become more urgent in view of the major changes in the world...

This paper examines private equity and venture capital in Italy. The first part looks at the main features of the Italian market and its recent evolution; the second part considers the results of a survey of firms and intermediaries designed to gather information regarding contract features and...

Italian Abstract: Vari autorevoli commentatori hanno recentemente sostenuto che un elevato stock di crediti deteriorati (non-performing loans, NPLs) nei bilanci bancari possa ostacolare l'erogazione di credito e quindi il corretto funzionamento del meccanismo di trasmissione della politica...