Savings constraints and microenterprise development: Evidence from a field experiment in kenya

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 163-192

  Dupas, Pascaline ^a   Robinson, Jonathan ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84873516624     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.5.1.163     Document Type: Article

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