SMALL BUSINESS BORROWING AND PEER-TO-PEER LENDING: EVIDENCE FROM LENDING CLUB
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Contemporary Economic Policy
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1074-3529
DOI: 10.1111/coep.12252