Group lending, repayment incentives and social collateral

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 1-18

  Besley, Timothy ^a   Coate, Stephen ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Grameen Bank; Joint liability; Lending

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GRAMEEN BANK; GROUP LENDING; JOINT LIABILITY; REPAYMENT IMPACT;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0029482618     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3878(94)00045-E     Document Type: Article

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