Competition and microfinance

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 271-298

  McIntosh, Craig ^a   Wydick, Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Competition; Credit markets; Non profit organizations

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); CREDIT PROVISION; DEVELOPING WORLD; INFORMATION; MICROFINANCE;

EID: 25144480802     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2004.11.008     Document Type: Article

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