The institutional memory hypothesis and the procyclicality of bank lending behavior

Journal of Financial Intermediation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 458-495

  Berger, Allen N ^a,b   Udell, Gregory F ^c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Banks; Business cycles; Lending

Indexed keywords

EID: 7544224413     PISSN: 10429573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfi.2004.06.006     Document Type: Article

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