The economics of small business finance: The roles of private equity and debt markets in the financial growth cycle

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 22, Issue 6-8, 1998, Pages 613-673

  N Berger, Allen ^a,b   F Udell, Gregory ^c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank; E58; G21; G28; G34; L89; Mergers; Small business lending; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001202725     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(98)00038-7     Document Type: Article

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