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Consolidation, Ownership Structure and Efficiency in the Italian Banking System

In: The Banks and the Italian Economy

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  • Marcello Messori

    (Dipartimento di Economia e Istituzioni)

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The paper refers to the processes of consolidation and privatization occurred in the Italian financial market during the nineties, in order to analyze their possible effects on efficiency, competition, and ownership reallocation of the banking system. The main results are that these two processes were accompanied by gains in the efficiency and competitiveness of the Italian market for traditional banking services, but they were unable to offset the drawbacks in the financial services offered to households and in the ownership structure of Italy's largest and medium-sized banking groups. In this last respect, the paper shows that banks mergers and acquisitions and privatization tightened the mesh of cross-shareholdings, and placed at the center of the consequent spiderweb of ownership a small number of major shareholders dominated by a peculiar nonmarket institution – that is, the Italian bank-derived foundations

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  • Marcello Messori, 2009. "Consolidation, Ownership Structure and Efficiency in the Italian Banking System," Springer Books, in: Damiano Bruno Silipo (ed.), The Banks and the Italian Economy, chapter 0, pages 211-243, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-7908-2112-3_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2112-3_10
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    JEL classification:

    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages

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