Bank Involvement with SMEs : Beyond Relationship Lending

The "conventional wisdom" in academic and policy circles argues that, while large and foreign banks are generally not interested in serving SMEs, small and niche banks have an advantage because they can overcome SME opaqueness through relationship lending. This paper shows that there is a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: de la Torre, Augusto, Martinez Peria, Maria Soledad, Schmukler, Sergio L.
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5589