This paper examines the competitive dynamics and multimarket characteristics of the Italian leasing industry. We employ a GMM-system estimator for dynamic panel analysis using a unique dataset over 2002–2008. Our main findings suggest that there is no evidence of tacit collusion in the Italian...

Using a large sample of Italian banks over the period 2006-2009, this paper provides new evidence for the effect of the geographic distance between bank's headquarters and its branches; and furthermore for firm's characteristics, such as diversification strategies, risk exposure, ability to...