Information sharing and credit: Firm-level evidence from transition countries

Journal of Financial Intermediation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-172

  Brown, Martin ^a   Jappelli, Tullio ^b,c,d   Pagano, Marco ^b,c,d,e  

^a SWISS NATIONAL BANK   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c CSEF   (Italy)

^d CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^e EIEF ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Credit access; Information sharing; Transition countries

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449222181     PISSN: 10429573     EISSN: 10960473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfi.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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