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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Autor Principal: Ferri, Giovanni
Outros autores: Cottarelli, Carlo, Generale, Andrea
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1995.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1995/038
Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF