Too small to be compliant?: size and scale economies in the compliance cost structure of italian banks

Abstract

The banking industry is heavily regulated because of the nature and role it plays in the financial and economic system. If on the one hand the enormous legislative activity that has characterized the banking system in recent years - the evolution of which is still ongoing - has focused on strengthening the protection of 'weak contractors' as well as the overall stability and the development of competitive conditions that are the same for international banks in different countries, on the other hand, it has forced banks to bear sub­ stantial costs to ensure regulatory compliance. Although in the past several studies have tried to quantify the cost of regulatory compliance and to verify the existence of economies of scale in this activity, this study is the first attempt to analyse the extent and the determinants of the costs of regulatory compliance for Italy. Using the estimated unatantum costs of compliance with the legislation on transparency, the study attempts to extrapolate empirical evidence on the impact of the different fulfilments that have to be faced on total unatantum and ongoing costs and on the existence of economies of scale.


Tutti gli autori

  • S. Cosma , G. Salvadori , P. Schwizer

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2013

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28/04/2018


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