AIR LOAN SERVICE

Air Conditioning Check and Air Conditioning Service

From Loan Screening to Loan Prospecting

We study a controlled corporate experiment in which loan officers were compensated to engage in loan prospecting in addition to the traditional loan screening. Loan prospecting led to larger loan sizes (+15%) and higher origination rates (+31%) while keeping the traditional credit quality threshold and interest rate intact. Loan officers attempt to influence the decision making process: loan of...

Aftercooler Temperature Balance for Air Compressors in Plant Air Service

Loan Rate Setting

We propose a heteroscedastic regression model to identify the determinants of the dispersion in interest rates on loans granted to small and medium sized enterprises. We interpret unexplained deviations as evidence of the banks’ discretionary use of market power in the loan rate setting process. “Discretion” in the loan-pricing process is most important, we find, if: (i) loans are small and unc...

Service-linked scholarships, loans, and loan repayment programs for nurses in the southeast.

A variety of public and private programs provide financial support for the costs of nurses' training in exchange for service commitments to work in rural, underserved, and other needy areas. Little is known about the number, size, and operations of these support-for-service programs for nurses. We identified and in this article describe such programs in eight southeastern states. Eligible progr...