Distance and Efficiency in the Italian Banking System

Cristina Bernini () and Paola Brighi ()

Chapter 6 in Modern Bank Behaviour, 2013, pp 95-124 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract During recent decades, banks have progressively moved towards larger, centralized and hierarchical organizational structures. An increased investment in non-interest-generating activities has also implied performance vulnerability, whose effects have been particularly destabilizing during the recent financial crisis. In this economic and financial contest, several banks have become increasingly concerned with controlling and analysing their costs and revenues, as well as measuring the risks taken to produce acceptable returns.

Keywords: Credit Risk; Large Bank; Small Bank; Profit Efficiency; Bank Size (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137001863_7

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