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Why Small Business Lending Isn’t What It Used to Be

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: Since the Great Recession, bank lending to small businesses has fallen significantly, and policymakers have become concerned that these businesses are not getting the credit they need. Many reasons have been suggested for the decline. Our analysis shows that it has multiple sources, which means that trying to address any single factor may be ineffective or make matters worse. Any intervention should take all of the many causes of the decline in small business lending into consideration.

Source: Economic Commentary (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland)

DOI: 10.26509/frbc-ec-201310

Authors: Ann Marie Wiersch, Scott Shane

Institutions: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University

Language: English

Topic: Banking stability, regulation, efficiency

Subfield: Finance

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W29088798

FWCI: 5.237

Cites: 4

Cited by: 23

Related to: 10