Trust and uncertainty: A study of bank lending to private SMEs in Vietnam

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 547-568

  Nguyen, Thang V ^a,c   Le, Ngoc T B ^b   Freeman, Nick J ^a  

^a NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^c National University of Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bank financing; Private businesses; Trust; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

BANKING; BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; CREDIT PROVISION; LENDING BEHAVIOR; PRIVATE SECTOR; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 33749161393     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: 1743792X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13602380600571260     Document Type: Article

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