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Graduating from Group to Individual Loans, with the Help of Personal Guarantees

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  • Vasso Ioannidou

    (Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR))

  • Sheng Li

    (University of Zurich)

  • Mrinal Mishra

    (University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance; Swiss Finance Institute)

  • Steven Ongena

    (University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance; Swiss Finance Institute; KU Leuven; NTNU Business School; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR))

Abstract

Loans granted by banks to several entrepreneurs jointly, but for their own individual business and/or projects, are rarely studied. Analyzing 32 million month-loan observations from the Bolivian credit register, we establish that group loans comprise a sizeable part of the formal credit market, and that the most common group size equals two. Larger than individual loans, per borrower the group loans are smaller, with a longer duration and lower loan rates than individual loans. When borrowers are immature, they obtain credit through group loans. Later, involving personal guarantees, they are more likely to graduate to obtain credit through individual loans.

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  • Vasso Ioannidou & Sheng Li & Mrinal Mishra & Steven Ongena, 2022. "Graduating from Group to Individual Loans, with the Help of Personal Guarantees," Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper Series 22-50, Swiss Finance Institute.
    • Handle: RePEc:chf:rpseri:rp2250
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    Keywords

    group loan; individual loan; micro credit;
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    JEL classification:

    • G20 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - General
    • O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance

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