Most of the studies available on relationship lending focuses on the benefits for borrowers and neglects those achievable for banks. In particular, empirical studies on the benefits achieved for banks in terms of loans recovery rate, in connection with loss given default rate, are very few. In...

This paper analyzes the causes and consequences of the enforcement actions (sanctions) imposed by supervisory authorities for banks. Focusing on a sample of Italian banks between 2005 and 2012, we found 302 sanctions regarding 3,588 persons (i.e. Board of directors, Top Managers, and Chief...

This article empirically verifies the existence of a connection between the relationship-oriented model and the quality of the loan portfolio, by using alternative risk measures to previous studies. Consistently with earlier literature, bank size, distance and intensity of labour are used as...

Nel 2008 le "Cantine di Marzo" terminano un lungo processo di concentrazione dell’assetto proprietario che ha portato a una drastica riduzione del numero dei soci, concentrando nelle mani degli attuali proprietari pressappoco l’86% delle quote. Questo processo di revisione dell’assetto...

<em>Alcune riflessioni sulla finanza nei distretti industriali. Rischio, creazione di valore e problematiche di finanziamento nelle imprese distrettuali</em>( di Pierpaolo Singer, Antonio D'Amato) - ABSTRACT: Le difficoltà delle PMI e, più in particolare, di quelle distrettuali di reperire risorse...