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Good intentions pave the way to ... the local moneylender
Arnold, Lutz; Booker, Benedikt - 2012
Microborrowers may take usurious loans to repay a loan taken from a microfinance institution because of having …. Microfinance programs should strive at preventing such consequences of bounded rationality. -- microfinance ; hyperbolic …
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Psychological and social motivations in microfinance contracts : theory and evidence
Dhami, Sanjit S.; Arshad, Junaid; Al-Nowaihi, Ali - 2019
Microfinance contracts have enormous economic and welfare significance. We study, theoretically and empirically, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012040097
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The Time-Inconsistency Factor: How Banks Adapt to their Mix of Savers
Szafarz, Ariane; Laureti, Carolina - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2012
stylized facts from Bangladesh show that microfinance institutions pay a premium on commitment savings with respect to flexible …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010741971
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Good intentions pave the way to … the local moneylender
Arnold, Lutz G.; Booker, Benedikt - In: Economics Letters 118 (2013) 3, pp. 466-469
Access to microfinance entails a risk of over-indebtedness. A naïve present-biased micro-borrower may roll over debt …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011041563
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Good Intentions Pave the Way to ... the Local Moneylender
Arnold, Lutz G.; Booker, Benedikt - Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
. Microfinance programs should strive at preventing such consequences of bounded rationality. …
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Group versus individual liability: Long term evidence from Philippine microcredit lending groups
Giné, Xavier; Karlan, Dean - 2009
Group liability in microcredit purports to improve repayment rates through peer screening, monitoring, and enforcement. However, it may create excessive pressure, and discourage reliable clients from borrowing. Two randomized trials tested the overall effect, as well as specific mechanisms. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282737
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Group versus individual liability : a field experiment in the Philippines
Giné, Xavier; Karlan, Dean - 2007 - rev.
the treatment groups. -- microfinance ; group lending ; group liability ; joint liability ; social capital …
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Group versus individual liability : long term evidence from Philippine microcredit lending groups
Giné, Xavier; Karlan, Dean - 2009
groups created after two years in the expansion areas. -- Microfinance ; group lending ; group liability ; joint liability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003841393
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Group Versus Individual Liability : Long Term Evidence from Philippine Microcredit Lending Groups
Giné, Xavier; Karlan, Dean S. - 2014
Group liability in microcredit purports to improve repayment rates through peer screening, monitoring, and enforcement. However, it may create excessive pressure, and discourage reliable clients from borrowing. Two randomized trials tested the overall effect, as well as specific mechanisms....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014207762
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How Poor Bangladeshi Households Behave Regarding Access to Commitment Savings Products
Laureti, Carolina; Volral, Mélanie - 2020
Bangladeshi microfinance institution that launched the Long Term Savings commitment product in 2009. First, we find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014352147