Francesco Columba

Bank of Italy

Head of Financial Structure and Intermediaries Division

Via Nazionale 91

Rome, 00184

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Macroprudential Policy: What Instruments and How to Use Them? Lessons from Country Experiences

IMF Working Paper No. 11/238
Number of pages: 85 Posted: 08 Nov 2011
Cheng Hoon Lim, Alejo Costa, Francesco Columba, P Kongsamut, A. Otani, M. Saiyid, Torsten Wezel and X. Wu
International Monetary Fund (IMF), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Bank of Italy, International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Banks, Capital inflows, Credit risk, Cross country analysis, Developed countries, Emerging markets, Exchange rate regimes, Financial risk, Financial sector, Fiscal policy, Liquidity, Monetary policy

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Financial Sector Pro-Cyclicality: Lessons from the Crisis

Bank of Italy Occasional Paper No. 44
Number of pages: 86 Posted: 29 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 21 May 2011
Fabio Panetta, Paolo Angelini, Ugo Albertazzi, Francesco Columba, Wanda Cornacchia, Antonio Di Cesare, Andrea Pilati, Carmelo Salleo and Giovanni Santini
Bank of Italy, Bank of Italy, ECB -DG Monetary Policy, Bank of Italy, Bank of Italy, Bank of Italy, Bank of Italy, Bank of Italy and Bank of Italy
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pro-cyclicality, financial accelerator, capital requirements, leverage, accounting standards, incentives

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Mutual Guarantee Institutions and Small Business Finance

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Mutual Guarantee Institutions and Small Business Finance

European Banking Center Discussion Paper No. 2009-05S, CentER Discussion Paper Series No. 2009-32S
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 21 May 2009
Francesco Columba, Leonardo Gambacorta and Paolo Emilio Mistrulli
Bank of Italy, Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and Bank of Italy
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credit guarantee schemes, group lending, joint liability, microfinance, peer monitoring, small business finance

Mutual Guarantee Institutions and Small Business Finance

BIS Working Paper No. 290
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 21 Oct 2009
Francesco Columba, Leonardo Gambacorta and Paolo Emilio Mistrulli
Bank of Italy, Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and Bank of Italy
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credit guarantee schemes, joint liability, microfinance, peer monitoring, small business finance

Mutual Guarantee Institutions and Small Business Finance

Bank of Italy Temi di Discussione (Working Paper) No. 735
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 12 May 2010
Francesco Columba, Leonardo Gambacorta and Paolo Emilio Mistrulli
Bank of Italy, Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and Bank of Italy
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credit guarantee schemes, joint liability, microfinance, peer monitoring, small business finance

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Dynamic Loan Loss Provisioning: Simulations on Effectiveness and Guide to Implementation

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Dynamic Loan Loss Provisioning: Simulations on Effectiveness and Guide to Implementation

IMF Working Paper No. 12/110
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 09 Aug 2012
Torsten Wezel, Jorge A. Chan Lau and Francesco Columba
International Monetary Fund (IMF), affiliation not provided to SSRN and Bank of Italy
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Dynamic Provisioining, Procyclicality, Macroprudential Policy, Latin America, Bank Soundness, Banks, Capital, Credit Risk

Dynamic Loan Loss Provisioning: Simulations on Effectiveness and Guide to Implementation

International Monetary Fund Working Paper No. 12/110
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 12 May 2012
Torsten Wezel, Jorge A. Chan-Lau and Francesco Columba
International Monetary Fund (IMF), ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research (AMRO) and Bank of Italy
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Dynamic Provisioning, procyclicality, macroprudential policy, Latin America

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The Performance of the Italian Housing Market and its Effects on the Financial System

Bank of Italy Occasional Paper No. 59
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 27 Oct 2010
Fabio Panetta, Michele Leonardo Bianchi, Marcello Bofondi, Fabrizio Borselli, Guido Bulligan, Alessandro Buoncompagni, Mario Cappabianca, Luisa Carpinelli, Agostino Chiabrera, Francesco Columba, Guido de Blasio, Alessio D'Ignazio, Cristina Fabrizi, Carlo Gola, Roberto Sabbatini, Federico Maria Signoretti and Francesco Zollino
Bank of Italy, Bank of Italy, Bank of Italy, Bank of Italy, Bank of Italy, Bank of Italy, Bank of Italy, Bank of Italy, Bank of Italy, Bank of Italy, Bank of Italy, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Economics and Politics, Bank of Italy, Bank of Italy, Bank of Italy, Bank of Italy and Bank of Italy
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housing market cycle, transactions, rentals, residential house prices, mortgages, real-estate investment funds, taxation of residential housing

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Shadow Banking Out of the Shadows: Non-Bank Intermediation and the Italian Regulatory Framework

Bank of Italy Occasional Paper No. 372
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 19 Apr 2017
Carlo Gola, Marco Burroni, Francesco Columba, Antonio Ilari, Giorgio Nuzzo and Onofrio Panzarino
Bank of Italy, Bank of Italy, Bank of Italy, Bank of Italy, Bank of Italy and Bank of Italy
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shadow banking system, financial stability, macro-prudential regulation, non-bank financial intermediaries, market-based finance

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Monetary Policy Effects: New Evidence from the Italian Flow of Funds

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Monetary Policy Effects: New Evidence from the Italian Flow of Funds

Applied Economics, Vol. 40, No. 21, pp. 2803-2818, 2008, Bank of Italy Temi di Discussione (Working Paper) No. 678
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 15 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 19 Jan 2009
Riccardo Bonci and Francesco Columba
European Central Bank (ECB) and Bank of Italy
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flow of funds, monetary policy, VAR

Monetary Policy Effects: New Evidence from the Italian Flow of Funds

Financial Accounts: History, Methods, the Case of Italy and International Comparisons Conference, p. 307, 2005
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 31 Jul 2012
Riccardo Bonci and Francesco Columba
European Central Bank (ECB) and Bank of Italy
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A Risk Dashboard for the Italian Economy

Bank of Italy Occasional Paper No. 425
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 17 Apr 2018
Francesco Columba, Fabrizio Venditti and Alberto Maria Sorrentino
Bank of Italy, Bank of Italy and Bank of Italy
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early warning indicators, financial stability risks, heatmaps, macroprudential policy

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Speed of Euro Adoption

Journal of International Money and Finance, Vol. 27, No. 2, 2008
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 28 Feb 2007 Last Revised: 19 Jan 2009
Francesco Columba
Bank of Italy
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demand for money, financial innovation, payment economics, speed of euro adoption

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Macroprudential and Monetary Policy Interactions in a DSGE Model for Sweden

IMF Working Paper No. 16/74
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 27 Sep 2016
Jiaqian Chen and Francesco Columba
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Bank of Italy
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Macroprudential Policies; Monetary Policy; Collateral Constraints

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The Features of Equity Capital Increases by Italian Corporates

Bank of Italy Occasional Paper No. 709
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 07 Dec 2022
Francesco Columba, Tommaso Orlando, Francesco Palazzo and Fabio Parlapiano
Bank of Italy, Bank of Italy, Bank of Italy and Bank of Italy
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capital increases, capital structure, corporate finance

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Narrow Money and Transaction Technology: New Disaggregated Evidence

Journal of Economics and Business, Vol. 61, No. 4, pp. 312-325, 2009
Posted: 22 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2017
Francesco Columba
Bank of Italy

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Currency, Demand for money, Financial innovation, Monetary aggregates

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Firms as Monitors of Other Firms: Evidence from Sme Finance

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 21 Mar 2008
Francesco Columba, Leonardo Gambacorta and Paolo Emilio Mistrulli
Bank of Italy, Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and Bank of Italy
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credit guarantee schemes, group lending, joint liability, microfinance, peer monitoring, small business finance