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Vol. 20, No. 4
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Last Updated: 07/01/1996

Formal and informal financing in a Chicago ethnic neighborhood

Philip Bond, Robert Townsend

This article documents not only the actual use of banks but also the widespread use of alternative financing mechanisms, using data from a survey of households and businesses in a Hispanic neighborhood of Chicago.

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