The empirical research literature regarding the effects of market structure on small business lending has yielded ambiguous results. This paper empirically tests for the presence of countervailing effects of increases in market concentration on small business loan volume. Countervailing effects...

Outstanding loan volume at commercial banks declined 2.2 percent between June 2008 and June 2009.

The Federal Reserve System’s Community Affairs Offices hosted more than 40 meetings in 2010 as part of an initiative entitled “Addressing the Financing Needs of Small Businesses.” The meetings highlighted numerous challenges related to both the supply of and demand for small business...

Since 2002, bankers in Nevada have been working together to pool resources with the goal of increasing the impact of their community development dollars. This article tracks the progress and activities of the Nevada Bankers Collaborative and discusses some of the lessons learned over the past...

В статье показана экономическая история развития предпринимательства в Оренбургской области как самостоятельного сектора экономики, который на данном этапе...