Credit rationing, customer relationship and the number of banks: An empirical analysis

European Financial Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 195-228

  De Bodt, Eric ^a,b   Lobez, Frédéric ^a   Statnik, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bank pool; Credit rationing; Customer relationship; G21

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250167710     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1354-7798.2005.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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