Competition, Small Business Financing, and Discrimination: Evidence from a New Survey

Journal of Business

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 641-679

  Cavalluzzo, Ken S ^a   Cavalluzzo, Linda C ^b   Wolken, John D ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0141977278     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/341638     Document Type: Article

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