Returns to capital in microenterprises: Evidence from a field experiment

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1329-1372

  De Mel, Suresh ^a   McKenzie, David ^a   Woodruff, Christopher ^a  

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EID: 55649106580     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2008.123.4.1329     Document Type: Article

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