Do rural banks matter? Evidence from the Indian social banking experiment

American Economic Review

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 780-795

  Burgess, Robin ^a   Pande, Rohini ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 30844465271     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/0002828054201242     Document Type: Review

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