Bauer, Michal; Chytilova, Julie; Morduch, Jonathan - In: American Economic Review 102 (2012) 2, pp. 1118-39
We use experimental measures of time discounting and risk aversion for villagers in south India to highlight behavioral features of microcredit, a financial tool designed to reduce poverty and fix credit market imperfections. The evidence suggests that microcredit contracts may do more than...