RISK, WEALTH AND SECTORAL CHOICE IN RURAL CREDIT MARKETS
Guirkinger, Catherine; Boucher, Stephen R.
2004

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We develop a model of sorting and matching between borrowers and lenders across formal and informal credit markets in a developing country context. We highlight the role of risk both on credit access and sectoral choice. We examine how activity and sectoral choice vary across agents with heterogeneous wealth endowments.

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Title RISK, WEALTH AND SECTORAL CHOICE IN RURAL CREDIT MARKETS
Author(s) Guirkinger, Catherine
Boucher, Stephen R.
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Issue Date 2004
Publication Type Conference Paper/ Presentation
DOI and Other Identifiers 10.22004/ag.econ.20077
Record Identifier https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/20077
PURL Identifier http://purl.umn.edu/20077
Language English
Total Pages 32
Series Statement Selected Paper
Record Appears in Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) > Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Conferences > 2004 Annual meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO

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