The impact of credit on village economies

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 98-133

  Kaboski, Joseph P ^a   Townsend, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84866889145     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.4.2.98     Document Type: Article

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