Bank support and export: evidence from small Italian firms

Small Business Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 245-264

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b LUMSA UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c LUISS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bank firm relationships; Export promotion; International lending; Margins of export

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922377984     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-013-9486-8     Document Type: Article

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