Corruption in bank lending to firms: Cross-country micro evidence on the beneficial role of competition and information sharing

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 361-388

  Barth, James R ^a   Lin, Chen ^b   Lin, Ping ^c   Song, Frank M ^d  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bank lending; Competition; Corruption; Information sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 61549136700     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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