An empirical investigation of rationing constraints in rural credit markets in India

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 339-371

  Kochar, Anjini ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit rationing; Formal; Informal

Indexed keywords

CREDIT MARKET; CREDIT RATIONING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; RURAL ECONOMY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 0031433932     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(97)00020-5     Document Type: Article

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