Informal sector and informal capital market in a small open less-developed economy

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 409-428

  Gupta, Manash Ranjan ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Factor income; Informal credit; Informal sector; Lender's risk; Migration; Subsidy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041321925     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(96)00445-2     Document Type: Article

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