Bellucci, Andrea; Borisov, Alexander; Zazzaro, Alberto - In: Journal of Banking & Finance 34 (2010) 12, pp. 2968-2984
In this paper we study the relevance of the gender of the contracting parties involved in lending. We show that female entrepreneurs face tighter credit availability, even though they do not pay higher interest rates. The effect is independent of the information available about the borrower and...