Information production, banking industry structure and credit allocation

Research in Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 409-430

  Chiesa, Gabriella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Banking market structure; Credit allocation; Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032351018     PISSN: 10909443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/reec.1998.0178     Document Type: Article

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