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The Paradoxical Case Against Interest Rate Caps for Microfinance – And : How FinTech and RegTech Resolve the Dilemma

Zetzsche, Dirk A. - 2018

analyses the impact of these interest rate caps on microfinance institutions. Introducing the taxonomy of soft, mezzo and hard … instrument to distinguish between the different service levels and industry environments in which microfinance institutions … of the informal credit sector, and furthering the microfinance institution's mission drift. In Pt. V. we also show that …

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Fair Microfinance Loan Rates

Jarrow, Robert A. - 2018

This paper uses a reduced form credit risk model to determine fair lending rates for micro-finance loans. A fair …

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Measuring price fairness and its impact on consumers' trust and switching intentions in microfinance institutions

Mushagalusa, Nathan Chubaka; Kanyurhi, Eddy Balemba; … - In: Journal of financial services marketing 27 (2022) 2, pp. 111-135

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The more the better? : how collateral levels affect credit risk in agricultural microfinance

Müller, Kirsten; Mußhoff, Oliver; Weber, Ron - 2014

investigate determinants of credit risk for agricultural loans disbursed by a Microfinance Institution (MFI) in Azerbaijan. In …

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Contract structure, time preference, and technology adoption

Chowdhury, Shyamal K.; Smits, Joeri; Sun, Qigang - 2020

Do constraints to technology adoption vary by behavioral traits? We randomize 150 villages in Bangladesh into being offered standard microcredit, loans with a grace period, the choice between those two contracts, and control. No discernible average effects are detected on the adoption of...

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Crop Minimum Support Price versus Cost Subsidy : Farmer and Consumer Welfare

Chintapalli, Prashant; Tang, Christopher S. - 2021

should the prevailing market price be below the pre-specified MSP. In this paper, we consider a market consisting of infinitesimally small, rational, and strategic farmers(with heterogeneous production costs) who face market and yield uncertainties. Our equilibrium analysis reveals that (i)...

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Female advantage? : management and financial performance in microfinance

Sigurður Guðjónsson; Kari Kristinsson; Haukur Freyr … - In: Verslas : teorija ir praktika : Vilniaus Gedimino … 21 (2020) 1, pp. 83-91

The purpose of the article is to investigate whether female presence in microfinance institutions' management team, i … officers improve financial performance in microfinance, while a higher proportion of female board members does not. Our results … indicate that a major contributor to the financial sustainability of microfinance institutions is having a higher rate of women …

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Where and when to pray? Optimal mass planning and efficient resource allocation in the church

Martin, Alexander; Weibelzahl, Martin - 2014

We will present a theoretical model for an integrated planning of Eucharistic masses and Liturgies of the Word assuming different priests, assistant priests and lay persons. This all-integer vector optimization problem can be seen as an economic, spacial and inter-temporal resource allocation...

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Where and when to pray? : optimal mass planning and efficient resource allocation in the church

Martin, Alexander; Weibelzahl, Martin - 2014

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The Ties that Bind : Social Networks, Person-Organization Fit and Turnover Intention

Moynihan, Donald P. - 2007

This paper examines the influence of social networks and value congruence on turnover intention among public and nonprofit employees. We argue that employees exist in social networks inside and outside their organization, and these networks shape employee attitudes and behavior. To illustrate...

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