Bank-moneylender linkage as an alternative to bank competition in rural credit markets

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 315-335

  Varghese, Adel ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CREDIT PROVISION; LENDING BEHAVIOR; RURAL FINANCE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 16344368119     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpi014     Document Type: Article

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