Bank market power and SME financing constraints

Review of Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 309-340

  Carb Valverde, Santiago ^a   Rodrguez Fernndez, Francisco ^a   Udell, Gregory F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 65249170043     PISSN: 15723097     EISSN: 1573692X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rof/rfp003     Document Type: Article

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