Bank Size and Small- and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) Lending: Evidence from China

World Development

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 800-811

  Shen, Yan ^a   Shen, Minggao ^a   Xu, Zhong ^b   Bai, Ying ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Bank Of China   (China)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

bank size; loan approval rights; reduced form approach; SME lending; soft information

Indexed keywords

BANKING; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); CREDIT PROVISION; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INVESTMENT INCENTIVE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LENDING BEHAVIOR; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 62149122610     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.07.014     Document Type: Article

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