Opinion piece
27 October 2016
An Italian take on banking crisis
The year 2016 has not been good to Italian banks. While resilient to the first wave of financial crisis in 2008, due to their low exposure to US sub-p
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Blog post
19 July 2016
Italy’s bail-in headache
Weakness in the Italian banking sector is a major concern for the euro area. Retail investors stand to lose out if BRRD bail-in rules are strictly app
Blog post
14 July 2016
Italy’s banking problem is serious but can be fixed
Following the UK vote to exit the European Union, the fragility of the Italian banking system has come into the spotlight. The Economist described it
Policy brief
06 July 2016
An Italian job: the need for collective wage bargaining reform
Italy’s current system of centralised wage bargaining needs to be reformed. The system was designed without regard for the underlying industrial struc
Blog post
22 April 2016
Italy's Atlas bank bailout fund: the shareholder of last resort
Italy’s new bank fund Atlas might be what is needed in the short run, but in the longer term the fund will increase systemic risk. What ultimately mat
Blog post
08 March 2016
Market turbulence highlights bumpy transition to Europe’s new bank policy regime
Concerns about Europe’s banks contributed to turmoil in global financial markets in February, but Europe’s new banking sector policy regime should gra
Blog post
17 February 2016
Hard times for Italian banks
Silvia Merler and Marcello Minenna review the structure of of the recently adopted Italian guarantees scheme, and look at solutions implemented in oth
Blog post
26 January 2016
Bad banks and rude awakenings: Italian banks at a crossroads
Italian banks have recently come under market pressure, as investors seemed to have grown worried about the sector. This triggered a speed-up in the d
Blog post
18 December 2015
Non-performing loans in Italy and selected European countries
Vulnerabilities in the Italian banking system are causing fears of a banking crisis to surface.
Blog post
16 December 2015
A vade mecum for Italy’s G7 presidency
Following Germany this year and Japan in 2016, Italy will assume the rotating presidency of the G7 in 2017. However, even the global governance aficio
Article
16 December 2015
Global economic governance: Italy's role in the G7 and G20
This paper was produced for the Italian Parliament and Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Opinion piece
11 December 2015
Un’altra puntata nella saga dei guai bancari italiani
Dopo una lunga amministrazione controllata, si è raggiunto il momento della risoluzione per quattro piccole banche (Banca Marche, Cassa di risparmio d
Blog post
10 December 2015
Italian institutional reforms: will this time be different?
The government of Matteo Renzi wants to reform the law for electing the national parliament. It also wants to change the role of the upper house, the
Blog post
24 November 2015
Italian “creative” resolution, episode 2
As four tiny Italian banks are being restructured, Italy is again looking for a “creative” approach to bank resolution, which however looks a little b
Event
20 November 2015
Constitutional and electoral reforms in Italy: will this time be different?
The electoral rules in Italy are changing. But will a system that works well at municipal level work on the national one? And what about checks and ba
Event
02 November 2015
Structural Reforms: dynamic growth impact and policy challenges
What are the beneficial effects of product market reforms? What progress have Spain and Italy made in the past years and what challenges do they still