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Less is more? Some critical issues in bank branches rationalization

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  • Mariarosa Borroni

    (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza)

  • Simone Rossi

    (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza)

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Twenty years after the liberalization of the opening of bank branches, Italy is widely considered an «over-branched» country. The advent of the financial crisis, that has led to a dramatic erosion of banks profitability, has placed in the forefront of the Italian bankers' agenda the rationalization of branch networks. Our work aims to shed light on two critical aspects of the on-going processes: on the one hand we examine in greater detail the regional disparities that exist today in Italy in the access to financial services and, prospectively, on the other we try to give evidence to problems and advantages of the restructuring of branch networks

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  • Mariarosa Borroni & Simone Rossi, 2014. "Less is more? Some critical issues in bank branches rationalization," BANCARIA, Bancaria Editrice, vol. 10, pages 15-25, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:ban:bancar:v:10:y:2014:m:october:p:15-25
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    JEL classification:

    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • L10 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - General

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