Do equally owned small businesses have equal access to credit?

Small Business Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 369-386

  Kim, Grace O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit; Equal ownership; Gender; Small business

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751113643     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-005-2558-7     Document Type: Article

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