List of Contributors
Preface
Part 1. Commercial Banks as Sources of Funds
Problems in the Financing of Small Business: Introduction and Summary. Paul M. Horvitz
Commercial Bank Business Lending by Size of Loan. Thomas F. Brady
Relationship Between Commercial Bank Size and Size of Borrower. Martha S. Scanlon
Loan Rates, Operating Costs, and Size of Loan: The Evidence from Crosssectional Data. Neil B. Murphy
The Use of Equity Participation Agreements in Commercial Bank Loans to Small Firms. David J. Brophy
American Commercial Banking Structure and Small Business Lending. Donald T. Savage
Changes in Commercial Banking Structure and Small Business Lending. Bernard Shull
Part 2. Nonbank Sources of Funds
Small Business Acces to Capital Markets Through Pension Funds. Richard Zock
Lease Financing: An Attactive Method of Financing for Small Firms. Oswald D. Bowlin
Credit Cards and the Financing of Small Business. Lewis Mondell
Franchising and the Financing of Small Business. Robert Mittelstaedt and Manferd O. Peterson
Business Development Credit Corporations. Paul S. Anderson
A Review of the Small Business Administration`s Major Loan Programs. Timothy Bates
Index