Formal credit, corruption and the informal credit market in agriculture: A theoretical analysis

Economica

Volumn 64, Issue 254, 1997, Pages 331-343

  Gupta, Manash Ranjan ^a   Chaudhuri, Sarbajit ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CREDIT; CREDIT MARKET; INTEREST RATE DETERMINATION; RURAL CREDIT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

INDIA;

EID: 0031469602     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0335.00081     Document Type: Article

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