Firm Failure and Relationship Lending: New Evidence from Small Businesses

José Eduardo Gómez-González; Nidia Ruth Reyes

Borradores de Economia

Number:

638

Published:

Saturday, 1 January 2011

Classification JEL:

G20, G21, C40

Keywords:

Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy

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