The effects of bank mergers and acquisitions on small business lending

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 187-229

  Berger, Allen N ^a,b   Saunders, Anthony ^c   Scalise, Joseph M ^b   Udell, Gregory F ^d  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank; E58; G21; G28; G34; L89; Mergers; Small business

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000000874     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0304-405x(98)00036-1     Document Type: Article

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