Small Business Credit Scoring and Credit Availability
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- 1 May 2005
- preprint
- Published by Elsevier in SSRN Electronic Journal
Abstract
U.S. commercial banks are increasingly using credit scoring models to underwrite small business credits. This paper discusses this technology, evaluates the research findings on the effects of this technology on small business credit availability, and links these findings to a number of research and public policy issues.Keywords
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