Does function follow organizational form? Evidence from the lending practices of large and small banks

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 237-269

  Berger, Allen N ^a   Miller, Nathan H ^b   Petersen, Mitchell A ^c,d   Rajan, Raghuram G ^d,e   Stein, Jeremy C ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d National Bereau of Economics Research   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Banking; Organizations; Soft information

Indexed keywords

EID: 16844377675     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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