Gender and Cooperation: Explaining Loan Repayment in Micro-Credit Groups

Social Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 293-302

  Anthony, Denise ^a   Horne, Christine ^b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0142040711     PISSN: 01902725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1519827     Document Type: Article

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