Francis, Bill; Hasan, Iftekhar; Wang, Haizhi - In: Journal of Banking & Finance 32 (2008) 8, pp. 1598-1612
As the trend of bank consolidation activities continues to grow in the US and globally, the debate on the impact of such consolidation on small business credits and activities are still inconclusive. Building on the existing research [Berger, A.N., Saunders, A., Scalise, J.M., Udell, G.F., 1998....