Experimental evidence on returns to capital and access to finance in Mexico

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 457-482

  Mckenzie, David ^a   Woodruff, Christopher ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; DEVELOPING WORLD; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INTEREST RATE; INVESTMENT INCENTIVE; WORLD BANK;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 55649104867     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhn017     Document Type: Article

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