Does securities regulation constrain small business finance? An empirical analysis

Small Business Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 363-377

  Carpentier, Cécile ^a   L'Her, Jean François ^b   Suret, Jean Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constraint; Private placement; Securities regulation; Small business finance

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949146433     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-007-9063-0     Document Type: Article

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