Reservation income and the decision to borrow : an empirical analysis of interlinked informal credit contracts in the Peruvian Amazon

This thesis examines factors that determine household reliance on interlinked informal credit contracts for fish in the Peruvian Amazon, and the degree to which implicit interest rates in these contracts are explained by transaction costs, administrative costs and lender risk. === A probit model was...

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Main Author: Kjüllerstrüm, Mónica Isabel Bento De Braga
Other Authors: Henning, John C. (advisor)
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: McGill University 2002
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