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Microfinance and the decision to invest in children's education

Viswanath, P. V. - In: International Journal of Financial Studies 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-20

Although one of the primary objectives of microfinance has been the reduction of poverty through the provision of credit for income-generating purposes, evidence of its impact on poverty has been mixed. Even if there is no direct impact of microfinance, there may be an indirect positive impact...

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Effect of situational factors on store format choice behaviour in food and grocery retailing in India: Multiple discriminant analysis

Jayasankaraprasad, Cherukuri - In: IBSU Scientific Journal (IBSUSJ) 4 (2010) 2, pp. 5-33

stores supermarkets and hypermarkets in the fast growing food and grocery retailing in India. The study is purely based on …-disguised questionnaire from sixty different food and grocery stores from twin cities of Secunderabad and Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh in India … published academic literature and empirical findings relating to store format choice behaviour in grocery retailing in India …

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Meta-analysis of alcohol price and income elasticities: With corrections for publication bias

Nelson, Jon P. - In: Health Economics Review 3 (2013) 17, pp. 1-10

Background: This paper contributes to the evidence-base on prices and alcohol use by presenting meta-analytic summaries of price and income elasticities for alcohol beverages. The analysis improves on previous meta-analyses by correcting for outliers and publication bias. Methods: Adjusting for...

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Höhere Steuern auf Alkohol!

Adams, Michael; Effertz, Tobias - In: ifo Schnelldienst 62 (2009) 19, pp. 14-19

Die Preise alkoholischer Getränke sind in den vergangenen 40 Jahren in Deutschland relativ zum allgemeinen Preisniveau um rund 30% billiger geworden. Im europäischen Vergleich weist Deutschland besonders niedrige Steuersätze auf Alkohol auf. Michael Adams und Tobias Effertz, Universität...

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Preferences and skills of Indian public sector teachers 2u<

Fagernäs, Sonja; Pelkonen, Panu - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 1 (2012), pp. 1-31

With a sample of 700 future public sector primary teachers in India, a Discrete Choice Experiment is used to measure …

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Does activity mix and funding strategy vary across ownership? Evidence from Indian banks

Ghosh, Saibal - In: Atlantic Review of Economics 1 (2011), pp. 1-33

Using data on Indian banks during 1996-2007, the paper examines the impact of bank activity and short-term funding for bank returns and risks. The findings indicate that larger, fast growing financial firms tend to have higher fee income shares. In addition, banks with greater reliance on fee...

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