• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Access to Credit by Small Businesses: How Relevant Are Race, Ethnicity, and Gender?
  • Contributor: Asiedu, Elizabeth; Freeman, James A; Nti-Addae, Akwasi
  • Published: American Economic Association, 2012
  • Published in: American Economic Review, 102 (2012) 3, Seite 532-537
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1257/aer.102.3.532
  • ISSN: 0002-8282
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  • Description: This paper employs data from the 1998 and 2003 Survey of Small Business Finances to analyze whether, after controlling for observable factors that influence loan decisions, there is a significant difference in the loan approval rate and the interest rate charged on approved loans for businesses owned by minority or white females and firms owned by white males.