Understanding the Coexistence of Formal and Informal Credit Markets in Piura, Peru

World Development

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1436-1452

  Guirkinger, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

asymmetric information; credit rationing; informal credit; Latin America; Peru; risk

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION; CREDIT PROVISION; ECONOMETRICS; INFORMAL SECTOR; INTEREST RATE; LENDING BEHAVIOR; MARKET SYSTEM; PANEL DATA;

LATIN AMERICA; PERU; PIURA [PERU]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 47049104216     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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