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We examine whether returns to capital are higher for farmers who borrow than for those who do not, a direct implication of many credit market models. We measure the difference in returns through a two-stage loan and grant experiment. We find large positive investment responses and returns to...
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money interface. Using high frequency panel survey data and randomizing access and prices at the individual level, we find …
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We experimentally test the impact of expanding access to basic bank accounts in Uganda, Malawi, and Chile. Over two … expanding access to basic accounts are unlikely to improve welfare noticeably since impacts, even if present, are likely small …
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-advising is likely to democratize access to financial services. Big data is likely to reduce the impact of negative prejudice in …
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A general equilibrium model featuring multiple realistic sources of financial frictions is developed to study how different constraints interact in equilibrium. We highlight, distinguish, and evaluate their differential impacts and rich interactions. The economic impact of financial inclusion...
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motivating experiment from Ghana, and second a small meta-analysis of other experiments. In the Ghana experiment, we provide …
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randomly gave cash and in-kind grants to male- and female-owned microenterprises in urban Ghana. Our findings cast doubt on the …
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in agriculture, small and medium enterprises and human capital differ significantly from year to year. We also show how …
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We use an RCT to analyze the impacts of microcredit. The study population consists of loan applicants who were marginally rejected by an MFI in Bosnia. A random subset of these were offered a loan. We provide evidence of higher self-employment, increases in inventory, a reduction in the...
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of a particular microfinance institution (Spandana) while the remainder were not, although other MFIs were free to enter …. We found no changes in any of the development outcomes that are often believed to be affected by microfinance, including …
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