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The Financial System. Functions, Institutions, Instruments, Services

Arturo Patarnello, Universita di Milano - Bicocca
Paola Bongini, niversita di Milano - Bicocca
Maria Luisa Di Battista, Università Cattolica di Piacenza
Laura Nieri, Università di Chieti-Pescara

Abstract

The book describes the structure and operating conditions of financial sytems, with particolar emphasis on the mechanisms of division of labour among financial institutions and the main functions of intermediaries and markets. It analyzes the economical and risk characteristcs of financial instruments and the functions assigned to the banks and to the other main intermediaries. It examines separately operations and services addressed to the entreprises and private clients

Suggested Citation

Paola Bongini, Maria Luisa Di Battista, Arturo Patarnello and Laura Nieri. Il sistema finanziario. Funzioni, istituzioni, strumenti, servizi. Bologna: il Mulino, 2004