Redlining Redux

@article{Immergluck2002RedliningR,
  title={Redlining Redux},
  author={Dan Immergluck},
  journal={Urban Affairs Review},
  year={2002},
  volume={38},
  pages={22 - 41}
}
There has been a growing body of evidence indicating race-based discrimination in small business lending. However, very little research has examined potential geographic redlining effects. This article measures small businesslending flows to neighborhoods in the Philadelphia metro politan area. It advances previous work by measuring differential credit flows while accounting for variations in the credit scores of small firms. Black tracts receive fewer loans after accounting for firm density… Expand
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