Discount rates and credit markets: Theory and evidence from rural India

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 257-296

  Pender, John L ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit constraints; Discount rates; Intertemporal choice; Rural credit markets

Indexed keywords

CREDIT CONSTRAINT; CREDIT MARKET; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISCOUNT RATE; MODELLING APPROACH; RURAL CREDIT;

INDIA, (SOUTH);

EID: 0030412096     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(96)00400-2     Document Type: Article

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