The hazards of piecemeal reform: British civil courts and the credit market in colonial India

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-24

  Kranton, Rachel E ^a   Swamy, Anand V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Investment; Legal reform; Rural credit

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; CREDIT PROVISION; ECONOMIC HISTORY; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; LENDING BEHAVIOR;

INDIA;

EID: 0033511804     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(98)00100-X     Document Type: Article

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