Small business credit scoring and credit availability

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-22

  Berger, Allen N ^a,b   Frame, W Scott ^c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA   (United States)

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EID: 33845735574     PISSN: 00472778     EISSN: 1540627X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-627X.2007.00195.x     Document Type: Review

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