The role of informal finance in household capital accumulation: Evidence from Taiwan

Economic Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 434, 1996, Pages 39-59

  Besley, Timothy ^a   Levenson, Alec R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL ACCUMULATION; CONSUMER GOODS; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOUR; CONSUMPTION PATTERN; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HOUSEHOLD CAPITAL; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; INFORMAL FINANCE; ROTATING SAVINGS AND CREDIT ASSOCIATION; SAVINGS SCHEME;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0029768580     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2234930     Document Type: Article

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