Windfall and socially distributed willpower: The psychocultural dynamics of rotating savings and credit associations in a Bengkulu village

Ethos

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 25-48

  Fessler, D M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0036958532     PISSN: 00912131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/eth.2002.30.1-2.25     Document Type: Article

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