Delayed formal credit, bribing and the informal credit market in agriculture: A theoretical analysis

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 433-449

  Chaudhuri, Sarbajit ^a,c   Gupta, Manash Ranjan ^b  

^a HOOGHLY MOHSIN COLLEGE   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Bribery; D89; Farmer; Formal credit; Interest rate; Moneylender; Nash equilibrium; Q15; Subsidy policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005483721     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(96)00407-5     Document Type: Article

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