Peer Monitoring and Microcredit: Field Experimental Evidence from Paraguay
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Peer Monitoring and Microcredit: Field experimental evidence from Paraguay
Given the substantial amount of resources currently invested in microcredit programs, it is more important than ever to accurately assess the extent to which peer monitoring by borrowers faced with group liability contracts actually reduces moral hazard. We conduct a field experiment with women about to enter a group loan program in Paraguay and then gather administrative data on their repaymen...
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عنوان ژورنال: Oxford Development Studies
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1360-0818,1469-9966
DOI: 10.1080/13600818.2014.887061