Which microfinance institutions are becoming more cost effective with time? evidence from a mixture model

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 651-672

  Caudill, Steven B ^a   Gropper, Daniel M ^b   Hartarska, Valentina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Eastern Europe; Microfinance; Mixture model

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749119433     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4616.2009.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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