Information verifiability, bank organization, bank competition and bank-borrower relationships

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 935-954

  Kano, Masaji ^a   Uchida, Hirofumi ^b   Udell, Gregory F ^c   Watanabe, Wako ^d  

^a GIFU SHOTOKU GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bank borrower relationships; Banks; Credit availability; Loan interest rate; Small business

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951550176     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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