This paper studies banks' competitive behavior on the deposit side of the Italian retail banking industry. We use a structural model to estimate demand for deposit services and test several supply models. We find that both the competitive, differentiated product Bertrand and the perfectly...

This paper studies banks' competitive behavior on the deposit side of the Italian retail banking industry. We use a structural model to estimate demand for deposit services and test several supply models. We find that both the competitive, differentiated product Bertrand and the perfectly...

[fre] Structure par terme des taux d'intérêt, volatilité et prime de risque : . applications au marché de l'Eurolire . par Francesco Drudi et Roberto Violi . Cet article est consacré au contenu en information de la structure par terme des taux d'intérêt pour le marché de l'Eurolire. À...

This paper investigates the potential impact of the growing influence of the opinions of credit rating agencies (CRAs) on market dynamics. This impact can be seen as a consequence of the information content of the ratings themselves or indirectly as a consequence of the "hardwiring" of ratings...