As known, Italy is characterized by a strong polarization between North and South and the 2007 crises has exacerbated such pattern. Most of the story is related to the regional labour market functioning. The paper investigates upon the functioning of Italian labour market at NUTS 2 level, over...

The paper compares the essential features of the Italian banking system with those of the other large euro-area countries. The analysis focuses on banks? size, ownership and competitiveness, their role in financing firms, the composition of their balance sheets and their degree of...