Interest rates, collateral and (de-)interlinkage: A micro-study of rural credit in West Bengal

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 439-462

  Bhattacharyya, Sudipta ^a  

^a Department of Economics and Politics ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Collateral; Credit; Differentiation; Interest; Interlinkage

Indexed keywords

INTEREST RATE; RURAL FINANCE;

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

EID: 18844429514     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bei008     Document Type: Article

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