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Does Microcredit Create Over-indebtedness?

Sk. Mahmudul Alam, Mahmud - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

complex challenge. Few of researchers took attempt to define and measure over-indebtedness among microfinance borrowers. Among … measurement process of over-indebtedness are not unique. Maurer and Pytkowska showed that by taking microcredit, 17% borrowers are … over-indebted and 11% borrowers are at risk of becoming over-indebted in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Spannuth & Pytkowska …

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Impact of subsidized inputs credits on land allocation and market-oriented agriculture in rural households in Mali

Keita, Moussa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

agricultural producers through credits and subsidies systems. The government of Mali, since 2008, has adopted a strategy focused on … this study is to analyze the link between access to these credits, land allocation behavior and the degree of …

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Dünya Bankası Politikaları

Ozturk, Ilhan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

The World Bank (WB) was found in accordance with the Bretton Woods agreement in 1944 with the mission of assisting post war reconstruction and alleviating poverty. The WB is an international institution that aims to expand development through the allocation of loans in developing countries with...

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Network Effects in Risk Sharing and Credit Market Access: Evidence from Istanbul

Adaman, Fikret; Ardic, Oya Pinar; Tuzemen, Didem - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

process by banks. …

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What is the “value” of value-at-risk in a simulated portfolio decision-making game?

Steinbacher, Matjaz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

In the paper, I simulate the social network games of a portfolio selection where agents consider VaR when managing their portfolios. Such agents behave quite differently from the agents considering only the expected returns of the alternatives that are available to them in time. The level of...

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The empirics of social capital and economic development: a critical perspective

Fabio, Sabatini - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

This paper provides an introduction to the concept of social capital, and carries out a critical review of the empirical literature on social capital and economic development. The survey points out six main weaknesses affecting the empirics of social capital. Identified weaknesses are then used...

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Knowledge, Preferences and Shocks in Portfolio Analysis

Steinbacher, Matjaz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

We simulate social network games of a portfolio selection to analyze how knowledge, preferences of agents and their level of omniscience affect their decision-making. The key feature of the paper is that preferences and the level of omniscience of agents very much determine the ways agents make...

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Information Exchange and the Limits of Arbitrage

Gray, Wesley - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Evidence suggests that arbitragers exchange investment ideas. We analyze why and under what circumstances sharing occurs. Our model suggests that sharing ideas will lead to the following: more efficient asset prices, larger arbitrager profits, and correlated arbitrager returns. We predict that...

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Hospital Choice: Survey Evidence From Istanbul

Adaman, Fikret; Ardic, Oya Pinar; Erus, Burcay; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

This paper analyzes the patient characteristics that affect the choice between public and private health care providers in Istanbul, Turkey. In addition to socioeconomic variables, such as insurance status or income, which have often been considered in the previous literature, we also focus on...

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To Work or Not? Simulating Inspection Game with Labor Unions

Steinbacher, Matej; Steinbacher, Matjaz; Steinbacher, Mitja - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

The model of social network is used to analyze the impact of the power of labor unions in the labor relations. We find that labor union capable to affect a pecuniary compensation of shirking employees lessens the motivation of employees to work and improve to the unionization rate. As a result,...

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