作者:Franklin & Marshall College
摘要:Recent work by Robert Putnam has revived a contentious debate about the role of culture in Italian regional disparities. Southern Italy is argued to have been locked in an impoverishing, no-trust equilibrium. This article explores an apparent exception to Putnam's historical evidence: the South's late-nineteenth-century cooperative banks (banche popolari). Econometric investigation reveals important differences in the strategy and performance of these banks in North and South during the crucia...
作者:University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
作者:University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison
作者:University of Massachusetts System; University of Massachusetts Lowell
作者:University System of Ohio; Ohio State University
作者:Ball State University; University System of Ohio; University of Akron
作者:University of Massachusetts System; University of Massachusetts Amherst