Underwriting area-based yield insurance to crowd-in credit supply and demand

Savings and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 335-360

  Carter, Michael R ^a   Galarza, Francisco ^a   Boucher, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CREDIT PROVISION; ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INCOME; INSURANCE SYSTEM; LENDING BEHAVIOR; SMALLHOLDER;

EID: 40249096505     PISSN: 03934551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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