How important are small banks to small business lending? New evidence from a survey of small firms

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 427-458

  Jayaratne, Jith ^a   Wolken, John ^b  

^a Tilden Group   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank mergers; Small business lending

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033074609     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(98)00085-5     Document Type: Article

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