Enhancing capabilities through credit access: Creditworthiness as a signal of trustworthiness under asymmetric information

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 265-278

  Becchetti, Leonardo ^a   Conzo, Pierluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Field experiment; Investment game; Microfinance; Trust; Trustworthiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952040745     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.11.022     Document Type: Article

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