Banks, distances and firms financing constraints

Review of Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 261-307

  Alessandrini, Pietro ^a   Presbitero, Andrea F ^a   Zazzaro, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

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EID: 65249095509     PISSN: 15723097     EISSN: 1573692X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rof/rfn010     Document Type: Article

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