Bank-firm relations and the role of Mutual Guarantee Institutions at the peak of the crisis

Journal of Financial Stability

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 90-104

  Bartoli, Francesca ^a   Ferri, Giovanni ^b   Murro, Pierluigi ^c   Rotondi, Zeno ^a  

^a UniCredit Group (UCG)   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c LUISS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Bank firm relationships; Credit guarantee schemes; Financial crisis; Peer monitoring; Small business finance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875402305     PISSN: 15723089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfs.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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