Small business lending and the changing structure of the banking industry

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 22, Issue 6-8, 1998, Pages 821-845

  Strahan, Philip E ^a   Weston, James P ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank mergers; G21; G34; Small business lending

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001621456     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(98)00010-7     Document Type: Article

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