The political economy of SME financing and Japan's regional bank problems

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 353-367

  Choe, Chongwoo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Japanese regional banks; Loan repayment guarantee; Political economy; Small and medium enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548254440     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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