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Do Male and Female Loan Officers Differ in Small Business Lending? A Review of the Literature

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The Economics of Small Businesses

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In this chapter we review the academic literature on the role of loan officers in the loan origination process and lending relationships with small businesses. In particular, we focus on a recent stream of research which recognizes that loan officers – with their behavior, character and even emotions – are a key factor affecting the outcome of bank-firm relationships.

JEL Classification G21, G32, J16

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  1. Dipartimento di Economia e Metodi Quantitativi, Università di Urbino “Carlo Bo”, 61029, Urbino, Italy

    Andrea Bellucci

  2. Kelly School of Business, Indiana University at Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA

    Alexander Borisov

  3. Dipartimento di Economia, Università Politecnica delle Marche, and Money and Finance Research Group (MoFiR), Piazzale Martelli 8, 60121, Ancona, Italy

    Alberto Zazzaro

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Bellucci, A., Borisov, A., Zazzaro, A. (2011). Do Male and Female Loan Officers Differ in Small Business Lending? A Review of the Literature. In: Calcagnini, G., Favaretto, I. (eds) The Economics of Small Businesses. Contributions to Economics. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2623-4_11

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