Out of sight, out of mind! Bank branch closures and new firm creation in Italy

ABSTRACTBuilding on the literature underscoring the importance of lending relationships and the role of banks’ structural and organisational features in favouring firms’ access to credit, we investigate the effect of branch closures on firms’ birth rates in the Italian local credit markets in 2000–2...

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Main Authors: Paola Cardamone, Francesco Trivieri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-12-01
Series:Regional Studies, Regional Science
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21681376.2024.2315187