Legal reform and loan repayment: The microeconomic impact of debt recovery tribunals in india

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 59-81

  Visaria, Sujata ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

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EID: 84858597451     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.1.3.59     Document Type: Article

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