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Finance as a Barrier to Entry: Bank Competition and Industry Structure in Local U.S. Markets
The paper tests how competition in local U.S. banking markets affects the market structure of non- financial sectors. Theory offers competing hypotheses about how competition ought to influence firm entry and access to bank credit by mature firms.
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http://www.chicagofed.org/publications/workingpapers/wp2004-04.pdf