“…Previous work has documented an investor bias against female entrepreneurs (Ewens & Townsend, 2020;Guzman & Kacperczyk, 2019;Hebert, 2020) and that female borrowers face tighter credit availability or less favorable loan terms (Agier & Szafarz, 2013;Alesina, Lotti, & Mistrulli, 2013;Asiedu, Freeman, & Nti-Addae, 2012;Bellucci, Borisov, & Zazzaro, 2010;Mascia & Rossi, 2017;Muravyev, Talavera, & Schäfer, 2009). Recent experimental work has pinpointed to loan officers' gender bias as a source of gender disparities in entrepreneurial finance (Alibhai et al, 2019;Brock & De Haas, 2023;Zhang, 2023). Closest to our study, Brock and De Haas (2023) provide causal evidence for gender discrimination in entrepreneurial lending.…”