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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619690
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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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ICT Standardization and use of ICT standards: a firm level analysis
Riillo, Cesare Fabio Antonio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Standards perform some fundamental economic functions and their relevance for ICT is acknowledged by firms, researchers and policy-makers. This paper investigates the driving forces of formal ICT standards setting (i.e. standardization). Previous quantitative studies have neglected that ICT...
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Peer Effects and Students’ Self-Control
Buechel, Berno; Mechtenberg, Lydia; Petersen, Julia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
We conducted a multi-wave field experiment to study the interaction of peer effects and self-control among undergraduate students. We use a behavioral measure of self-control based on whether students achieve study related goals they have set for themselves. We find that both self-control and...
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Disentangling the relationship between nonprofit and social capital: the role of social cooperatives and social welfare associations in the development of networks of strong and we...
Giacomo, Degli Antoni; Fabio, Sabatini - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
We use a unique dataset to study how participation in two specific types of nonprofit organizations, i.e. social welfare associations and social cooperatives, affects individual social capital. A descriptive analysis shows that both the types of organization have a positive impact. The...
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Research collaboration in co-­inventor networks: combining closure,bridging and proximities
Cassi, Lorenzo; Plunket, Anne - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper investigates the determinants of co-inventor tie formation using micro-data on genomic patents from 1990 to 2006 in France. In a single analysis, we consider the relational and proximity perspectives that are usually treated separately. In order to do so, we analyse various forms of...
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Globalization and social networks
Fischer, Justina A.V. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Globalization is a universal phenomenon that not only makes domestic economies restructure, but also may impact other areas of local societies. This paper studies the effect of globalization on human relations, in particular on the formation of social networks, both bonding and bridging: I...
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Referral networks and the allocation of talent
Pothier, David - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
We study a model of occupational choice where workers must rely on their social contacts to acquire job vacancy information. Contrary to the existing literature, we allow for worker heterogeneity in terms of their idiosyncratic skill-types. In this case, the allocation of talent (the matching of...
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Strategic Interaction in the Sex Market
Morrow, John; Sivan, Yoav - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
There have been few attempts to empirically explain the pursuit of short term relationships and sex in a formal context. Previous work has lamented the paucity of empirical studies which utilize incentive driven behavior to draw conclusions and recommend policy. We develop a model of social...
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