Eight papers cover Italian credit, firms and energy transition
Banca d'Italia has released eight Occasional Papers covering firm growth, mortgages, financial stability and monetary policy communication. Other topics include electric vehicles in China and Italy's recovery plan.
From firm growth to mortgages
Banca d'Italia released Occasional Papers Nos. 1074-1081. No. 1081 examines firm size and business dynamism in Italy using microdata, covering business demographics and growth in size.
No. 1077 considers firms' role in implementing Italy's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), including public transfers, investment, procurement and regional disparities.
No. 1076 addresses the measurement of Italian macrofinancial uncertainty through a composite indicator and its implications for financial stability.
Its keywords include economic activity, early warning and growth-at-risk.
No. 1074 examines the evolution of Italy's residential mortgage market over the past decade, covering household mortgages, residential real estate and credit quality.
Algorithms, education and oil
No. 1080 links electric vehicle adoption to China's shrinking oil footprint, covering oil demand, gasoline consumption, energy transition and CO2 emissions.
No. 1079 presents lessons from Banca d'Italia's school-to-work transition program, including youth education and impact evaluation.
No. 1078 uses machine learning to predict Italian municipal financial distress, with daily treasury advances and interpretability among its topics.
No. 1075 applies natural language processing to monetary policy communication, including the central bank loss function.
Titles are not findings
The announcement lists research topics, not substantive findings.
It supplies no estimates or results with which to assess the papers' conclusions.
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