Do Firms Get the Financing They Want? Measuring Credit Rationing Experienced by Small Businesses in the U.S.

Small Business Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 83-94

  Levenson, Alec R ^a,b   Willard, Kristen L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 0034419847     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008196002780     Document Type: Article

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