Microdata on banks' balance sheetsIndividual bank balance sheets for statistical purposes
Vai alla versione italiana Site SearchMicrodata on banks' balance sheets (IBBaSS) are available through the REX remote execution system, accessible upon application approval. Authorized users can then submit programs following the User Guide.
To help users test their codes we have created a fake dataset that replicates the internal structure of the original data from the balance sheets of individual banks for statistical purposes but contains randomly generated data. The dataset is provided in semicolon-delimited ASCII format.
Authors who refer in their publications to results obtained with REX are required to adhere to the following examples when citing the source both in data description and under charts and tables: "Source: Bank of Italy, Individual bank balance sheets for statistical purposes, [2003-2022]". This shall not in any way imply the involvement of the Bank of Italy, given that the use of the data is under the full and sole responsibility of the author. In order to collect bibliographic material coming from the use of data through REX, users are kindly requested to fill in the publication form.
For assistance or further info concerning the microdata, please write to RemoteExecution@bancaditalia.it.
For technical assistance on how to access the REX application please refer to autoregistrazione@bancaditalia.it
Forms
- Application formpdf 818.1 KB The filled-in form is to be sent together with copy of a valid ID. Publish date::07 December 2023
- Publication form
How to use REX
- User guidepdf 635.0 KB Publish date::24 July 2023
- Output checking rulespdf 614.3 KB Publish date::02 November 2023
Variable description
- Variable listzip 303.6 KB Publish date::03 November 2023
- Dataset handbookpdf 288.0 KB Publish date::03 November 2023
- Fake datasetzip 9.5 MB Publish date::03 November 2023
Examples of data use
REX currently supports Stata and R.
Some simple examples are given here of calculations based on survey data. The aim of these examples is to show the use of the main variables available in the dataset.
The content of the examples can easily be transferred to a word-processing environment by using the cut and paste function.
- Examples of data use: Stata and Rpdf 696.9 KB Publish date::20 November 2023