This work analyses some aspects of cooperation, mutuality and commitment to the local community in the banking sector with specific reference to mutual banks (banche di credito cooperativo) which were first created in Italy around 1860, principally in response to the negative economic situation of that period, and subsequently developed significantly as a result of the way they were administered. This development should be related to the dynamics of the pluralistic Italian banking system which until the 1990s was characterized by the presence of a wide variety of types of banks ranging from the predominant public banks to the private ones.
The Economics of Mutual Banks in Italy: Cooperation, Mutuality and Commitment to the Local Community
INTONTI, Mariantonietta;
2006-01-01
Abstract
This work analyses some aspects of cooperation, mutuality and commitment to the local community in the banking sector with specific reference to mutual banks (banche di credito cooperativo) which were first created in Italy around 1860, principally in response to the negative economic situation of that period, and subsequently developed significantly as a result of the way they were administered. This development should be related to the dynamics of the pluralistic Italian banking system which until the 1990s was characterized by the presence of a wide variety of types of banks ranging from the predominant public banks to the private ones.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
