The impact of the business environment on young firm financing

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 486-507

  Chavis, Larry W ^a   Klapper, Leora F ^b   Love, Inessa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; FINANCIAL SERVICES; FIRM OWNERSHIP; FIRM SIZE; INCOME; INFORMAL SECTOR;

EID: 84855740532     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhr045     Document Type: Article

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