Access to capital in rural Thailand: An estimated model of formal vs. informal credit

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-29

  Giné, Xavier ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit constraints; Maximum likelihood; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

CREDIT PROVISION; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; RURAL ECONOMY; TRANSACTION COST;

THAILAND;

EID: 79956018831     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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