Good intentions pave the way to ... the local moneylender

Economics Letters

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 466-469

  Arnold, Lutz G ^a   Booker, Benedikt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hyperbolic discounting; Microfinance; Over indebtedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872528605     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.12.027     Document Type: Article

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