Credit market consequences of improved personal identification: Field experimental evidence from malawi

American Economic Review

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2923-2954

  Giné, Xavier ^a   Goldberg, Jessica ^b   Yang, Dean ^c,d  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84867719411     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.102.6.2923     Document Type: Review

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