Do interest rates matter? Credit demand in the Dhaka slums

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 437-449

  Dehejia, Rajeev ^a,b,c,d   Montgomery, Heather ^e   Morduch, Jonathan ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IZA ^*  (Germany)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Credit constraints; Interest rates; Loan demand; Microcredit

Indexed keywords

CREDIT PROVISION; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; INTEREST RATE; LENDING BEHAVIOR; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MICROFINANCE; PROFITABILITY;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; DHAKA [DHAKA (ADS)];

EID: 82455167868     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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