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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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Does ethnic diversity decrease economic interactions? Evidence from exchange networks in rural Gambia

Arcand, Jean-Louis; Jaimovich, Dany - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

Using a unique dataset collected in 59 rural Gambian villages, we study how ethnic heterogeneity is related to the structure of four economic exchange networks: land, labor, inputs and credit. We find that different measures of village-level ethnic fragmentation are mostly uncorrelated with...

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Missing links, missing markets: Internal exchanges, reciprocity and external connections in the economic networks of Gambian villages

Jaimovich, Dany - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

A unique dataset of social and economic networks collected in 60 rural Gambian villages is used to study the ways in which households with links outside the village (that are considered as a proxy for market connections) behave in the locally available exchange networks for land, labor, input...

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Naive learning in social networks: Imitating the most successful neighbor

Tsakas, Nikolas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This paper considers a model of observational learning in social networks. Every period, the agents observe the actions of their neighbors and their realized outcomes, and they imitate the most successful. First, we study the case where the network has finite population and we show that,...

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Proximity, network formation and inventive performance: in search of the proximity paradox

Cassi, Lorenzo; Plunket, Anne - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This paper investigates how network relations, proximity and their interplay affect collaboration and their inventive performance. Using patent citations as a proxy for patent quality, we investigate how the network and proximity characteristics of co-inventors enable them to access different...

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Macrostructure and microstructure: Evidence from overlapping village networks in The Gambia

Jaimovich, Dany - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

Using a unique dataset collected in 60 Gambian villages, I study six social and economic networks: (i) land exchange, (ii) labor exchange, (iii) tool and fertilizer exchange, (iv) credit exchange, (v) matrimonial relationships and (vi) kinship relationships. A variety of measures gleaned from...

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Exploring Impact: Negative Effects of Social Networks

Egbert, Henrik; Sedlarski, Teodor - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

he sociological literature on social networks emphasizes by and large positive network effects. Negative effects of such networks are discussed rather rarely. This paper tackles negative effects by applying economic theory, particularly neoclassical theory, new institutional theory and the...

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Firm-Size Wage Gaps along the Formal-Informal Divide: Theory and Evidence

Balkan, Binnur; Tumen, Semih - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

Observationally equivalent workers are paid higher wages in larger firms. This fact is often named as the "firm-size wage gap" and is regarded as a key empirical puzzle. Using micro-level data from Turkey, we document a new stylized fact: the firm-size wage gap is more pronounced for informal...

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