Credit and risk in rural developing economies

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 541-568

  Osborne, Theresa ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agricultural development; Borrowing constraints; Credit; Human capital investment; Precautionary savings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645080162     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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