Informal capital sources and household investment: Evidence from Taiwan

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 209-232

  Kan, Kamhon ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Capital accumulation; Rotating savings and credit association; Small investors

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; INFORMAL SECTOR; INVESTMENT; ROTATING SAVINGS AND CREDIT ASSOCIATION;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0034210972     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(00)00081-X     Document Type: Article

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