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Bank Lending to Business Borrowers (Paperback: 185 pages)

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Product Details: Bank Lending to Business Borrowers

Contribution by:Weir M. Brown
Format:Paperback: 185 pages.
Publisher:Westview Press (11/01/1992)
ISBN:0813383706
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Publisher Notes: Bank Lending to Business Borrowers

  •   List of Tables and Figures

      Preface

    1 Introduction and Background1

    2 Bank Lending to Business: Basic Dimensions7

      Size of the Short-term Business Loan Market8

      Interest on Business Loans Since 1950: A First Overview17

      Notes24

    3 More Dimensions: Loans Held vs. Loans Originated27

      Short-term Business Credit: Volume Outstanding28

      Short-term Business Credit: Volume Originated33

      The Missing Link40

      Recapitulation49

      Notes51

    4 The Theory of Interest in Economics53

      The Medieval Position Regarding Interest54

      Classical Beginnings: Capital-Related Loans60

      From Classical to Neoclassical Economics65

      The Market Rate in Classical Economics71

      Interest Rate Theory in Contemporary Economics: Keynes74

      Other Contemporary Theories on Interest79

      Summary: The Present State of Short-term Interest Theory88

      Notes91

    5 Empirical Evidence: Contributing But Not Conclusive95

      Interest Movements Relative to Current Prices104

      Possible Impact of Expected Price Change108

      Recent Empirical Studies on Interest110

      Relationship Between Economic Growth and Short-term Bank Rates114

      Expected Profits and the Rates of Interest123

      Summary Comments129

      Notes131

    6 The Bankers' View on Loan Pricing135

      The Fed's Authority and Aims on Specific Interest Rates136

      Loan Pricing at Commercial Banks: A Self-Portrait140

      Restatement and Preliminary Appraisal149

      Notes154

    7 Creation and Evolution: Further Views and Vistas157

      The Fed's Venture into Mark-up Theory159

      Alternate Theories of Bank-Loan Pricing162

      Interest Rates and Banks168

      Concluding Observations172

      Notes175

      List of Sources for Tables and Figures179

      Bibliography181

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