The effects of usury laws: Evidence from the online loan market

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1238-1248

  Rigbi, Oren ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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EID: 84886081845     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00310     Document Type: Article

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