We investigate how well social collateral does as an alternative to traditional physical collateral. We do so by studying cosigned loans - a borrowerś loan is backed by the personal guarantee of a cosigner. We use a regression discontinuity approach with data from South Indian bidding Roscas....

The present study, aims at highlighting the issues related to collateral as practiced by the five leading representative Muslim Funds of Northern India, which is a densely Muslim populated area. The study, in particular, examines the need for collateral, its composition, safety and costs...

This article estimates the fee for a credit guarantee that can enhance a renewable energy project bond to a targeted rating and discusses the risk exposure assessment of a participating financial institution, a development finance institution (DFI), and an institutional investor under the...