Bank consolidation and small business lending: It's not just bank size that matters

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 22, Issue 6-8, 1998, Pages 799-819

  Peek, Joe ^a   Rosengren, Eric S ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank mergers; G21; G34; Lending; Small business

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000337490     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(98)00012-0     Document Type: Article

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