Group Lending with Heterogeneous Types
Group lending has been widely adopted in the past thirty years by many microfinance institutions as a means to mitigate information asymmetries when delivering credit to the poor. This paper proposes an empirical method to address the potential omitted variable problem resulting from unobserved group types when modeling the repayment behavior of group members. We estimate the model using a rich dataset from a group lending program in India. The estimation results support our model specification and show the advantages of relying on a type-varying method when analyzing the probability of default of group members.
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2013-02
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Authors: | Gan, Li ; Hernandez, Manuel A. ; Liu, Yanyan |
Institutions: | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Notes: | DEV The price is Paper copy available by mail Number 18847 |
Classification: | C35 - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models ; O16 - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment |
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010618280
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