Transaction costs in group microcredit in India

Management Decision

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1331-1342

  Shankar, Savita ^a  

^a Institute for Financial Management and Research   (India)

Author keywords

Credit; India; Loans; Personal finance; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547147422     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740710819069     Document Type: Article

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