Who needs credit and who gets credit in Eastern Europe?

Economic Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 65, 2011, Pages 93-130

  Brown, Martin ^a   Ongena, Steven ^a   Popov, Alexander ^a   Yeşin, Pinar ^a  

^a Center for Research in Economics and Business Tilburg University   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CREDIT PROVISION; EXPORT; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; FIRM SIZE;

EASTERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 78651319301     PISSN: 02664658     EISSN: 14680327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0327.2010.00259.x     Document Type: Article

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