Individual Preferences Over Development Projects: Evidence from Microlending on Kiva

Voluntas

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1036-1055

  Ly, Pierre ^a   Mason, Geri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

^b SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charitable giving; Donors' preferences; Microfinance; Peer to peer lending

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; ENTREPRENEUR; LENDING BEHAVIOR; MICROFINANCE; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

EID: 84867373635     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11266-011-9255-8     Document Type: Article

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