Small banks, small business, and relationships: An empirical study of lending to small farms

Journal of Financial Services Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 245-261

  Akhavein, Jalal ^a   Goldberg, Lawrence G ^b   White, Lawrence J ^c  

^a Moody's Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; Banks; de novo banks; farms; lending relationships; loans

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444326958     PISSN: 09208550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:FINA.0000040051.30624.e2     Document Type: Review

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