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| EST. READ TIME 1 MIN.Bank Lending and Entrepreneurial Finance: The Performance of Canadian Banks
The study examines the performance of Canadian banks in financing entrepreneurship and compares Canadian performance to that of banks in other industrialized nations.
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Professor Emeritus of Economics, Simon Fraser University -
Keith Godin
Keith Godin is a former Fraser Institute Senior Policy Analyst who published many studies on a range of policy issuesincluding entrepreneurship, labour regulation, labour market performance, taxation, and investment. His publications include: Crowding Out Private Equity: Canadian Evidence (2007), The Economic Costs of Capital Gains Taxes (2007), Measuring Labour Markets in Canada and the United States (2007), and Canadian Provincial Investment Climate Report: 2007 Edition (2007). He has also written shorter studies on fiscal policy and government failure as well as commentaries in newspapers across the country. Mr. Godin holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics and a Master's Degree in Public Policy from Simon Fraser University. His thesis focused on entrepreneurship and venture capital.… Read more Read Less…
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