 IntroductionDamiano B. Silipo
Chapter 1 in The Banks and the Italian Economy, 2009, pp 1-5 from Springer Abstract: Abstract This work presents new evidence on the determinants of credit rationing, seeking to discriminate between different theories by nesting them within a general empirical model. We consider determinants related to the demand for loans, the supply side, and institutional and environmental aspects affecting borrowers’ and banks’ behaviour in local credit markets. Another generalization of our approach is to consider both consumer and business credit constraints. Using direct measures of credit rationing provided by surveys carried out by the Bank of Italy and by Capitalia for the period 1995–2003, we estimate the impact of the main determinants of credit rationing in the Italian local credit markets. Our chief finding is that most of the regressors capturing the determinants from the demand side are significant and with the expected sign. By contrast, supply side determinants and local market conditions are not significant, save for the measure of banking competition and branch density. Keywords: Credit Rationing; Credit Market; Credit Constraint; Underground Economy; Main Bank (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-7908-2112-3_1 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2112-3_1 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Books from Springer |
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