Direct elicitation of credit constraints: Conceptual and practical issues with an application to peruvian agriculture

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 609-640

  Boucher, Stephen R ^a   Guirkinger, Catherine ^b   Trivelli, Carolina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTO DE ESTUDIOS PERUANOS   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; CREDIT PROVISION; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENT; PROFITABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSACTION COST;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70349501731     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598763     Document Type: Article

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