This paper presents an analysis of the Italian banking market. We concentrate our study on the choice by banks to open new branches, considering both new entrant banks and incumbents. We first show the evolution of the branches in the Italian market in the period 2000-2007, and then propose a model to study the reasons which drive banks to their strategic choice. We emphasize the role of concentration of the market, functional distance and exogenous demand factors, as population density and pro-capita income.
Entry in the Italian banking: an empirical analysis / Grassi, Iacopo; Ardoviono, O.. - In: QUADERNI DI STATISTICA. - ISSN 1594-3739. - STAMPA. - 12:(2010), pp. 141-161.
Entry in the Italian banking: an empirical analysis
GRASSI, IACOPO;
2010
Abstract
This paper presents an analysis of the Italian banking market. We concentrate our study on the choice by banks to open new branches, considering both new entrant banks and incumbents. We first show the evolution of the branches in the Italian market in the period 2000-2007, and then propose a model to study the reasons which drive banks to their strategic choice. We emphasize the role of concentration of the market, functional distance and exogenous demand factors, as population density and pro-capita income.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
