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... services These services are consumed mainly by smaller customers such as small businesses, family farmers, and depositors of low to moderate wealth Small business lending Community banks’ role as small ... small business lenders is important because small businesses account for a significant share of total output and employment growth While there is no single definition of a small business, the most ... Because these two characteristics tend to go together and because size is easy to measure, common practice isto define community banks as those below a certain size threshold This article also...
... first isthe current fiscal crisis that most states face As Finegold, Schardin, and Steinbach (2003) discuss, this crisis is attributable tothe recent unexpected recession, subsequent weak recovery, ... earnings, residential property values, manufacturing activity in a state, and small business start-ups in a stateThe studies the paper discusses are for the most part regression analyses, which ... 15.7 Source: Authors’ analysis of data from the General Social Surveys responses tothe question: “I am going to name some institutions in this country As far as the people running these institutions...
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... already established in the market Medicaid will struggle for many years to come to keep costs contained tothe greatest extent possible, making sure that access to drugs is not compromised While there ... in 2005 quarter 3) (Neither of these drugs is featured individually but contributes tothe category "Other PIs.") Similarly tothe NRTIS, the later PI entrants (such as Lexiva®, Kaletra®, and ... the top three states in terms of numbers of people with HIV/AIDS, are looking to increase substantially copays for certain groups of Conclusion In this paper, we have documented the rise in spending...
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