Bank Lending Rates and Financial Structure in Italy : A Case Study /

This paper discusses the relation between the financial structure and the determination of bank lending rates in Italy. It notes that the high degree of stickiness of bank lending rates observed in Italy in the past was related to constraints on competition within the banking and financial markets....

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Auteur principal: Ferri, Giovanni
Autres auteurs: Cottarelli, Carlo, Generale, Andrea
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1995.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1995/038
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF