The Performance of Some Privatized Italian Banks
Fabio Farabullini |
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Donald D. Hester* |
| Banca d'Italia |
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University of Wisconsin-Madison |
This paper examines changes in the organization structure
and profitability of a group of six privatized large
Italian banks. After privatization, there was a high
rate of turnover of managers. Relative to other Italian
banks, a variety of measures of profitability rose rapidly
after privatization; in some cases, the realization of losses
from bad loans made a large contribution to subsequent profitability.
Regression analysis showed that there was a significant effect
of privatization on profits; privatization coincided with a higher
rate of growth of fee income. The indications are that privatization
is leading to an improved operating performance. [JEL Classification:
G21, L33].
Il lavoro esamina le modifiche organizzative e la redditività di sei
grandi banche italiane privatizzate. Dopo la privatizzazione,
si riscontra un elevato cambiamento nella compagine
manageriale e il confronto con le altre banche evidenzia
un miglioramento di molti indicatori di redditività.
In alcuni casi, le svalutazioni dei crediti dubbi effettuate
prima della privatizzazione contribuiscono significativamente
al recupero della profittabilità. L'analisi di re gressione
mostra un positivo effetto delle privatizzazioni sul reddi to;
le privatizzazioni si associano a una più alta crescita
delle commissioni su servizi. Le privatizzazioni sembrano
aver migliorato le prestazioni delle sei banche esaminate.
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* fabio.farabullini@bancaditalia.it
* ddhester@facstaff.wisc.edu
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large part of the paper was drafted while F. Farabullini was a
visitor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The views expressed
herein are those of the Authors and not necessarily those of Banca
d'Italia. The Authors would like to thank R. De Bonis, D. Focarelli,
A. Pozzolo and two anonymous referees for their useful comments.
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