Cookie cutter vs. character: The micro structure of small business lending by large and small banks

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-251

  Cole, Rebel A ^a   Goldberg, Lawrence G ^b   White, Lawrence J ^c  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 3042537975     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022109000003057     Document Type: Review

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