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Contingent Loan Repayment in the Philippines

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  • Marcel Fafchamps

    (Centre for the Studies of African Economies, University of Oxford)

  • Flore Gubert

    (DIAL, IRD, Paris)

Abstract

(English) This paper examines credit repayment among rural Filipino households , using survey data collected in four villages in the Cordillera mountains of northern Philippines between July, 1994 and March, 1995. We find that the timing of loan repayment depends on shocks affecting lender and borrower but amounts repaid and debt forgiveness do not. Borrowers occasionally repay debt in labor when faced with a bad shock. Contractual interest charges often are reduced ex post but reductions do not depend on shocks except through the timing of repayment. We find no evidence of loan roll-over, debt peonage, or labor bonding. _________________________________ (français) Cet article examine les pratiques d’un échantillon de ménages ruraux en matière de remboursement de crédit, à partir de données collectées aux Philippines. L’analyse économétrique montre que les chocs subis par l’emprunteur et son créancier exercent une influence significative sur la durée de l’emprunt, mais qu’ils sont sans effet sur le montant du remboursement ni sur la probabilité que l’emprunteur bénéficie d’une remise de dette. Par ailleurs, les emprunteurs ayant subi les désagréments d’un choc tendent à rembourser leurs prêts en travail plutôt qu’en argent. Les intérêts versés sont souvent moindres que les intérêts dus ex post, mais ne sont pas directement influencés par les variables de choc. Enfin, les phénomènes d’asservissement des emprunteurs ou de surendettement ne sont pas observés dans la zone d’étude.

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  • Marcel Fafchamps & Flore Gubert, 2002. "Contingent Loan Repayment in the Philippines," Working Papers DT/2002/14, DIAL (Développement, Institutions et Mondialisation).
  • Handle: RePEc:dia:wpaper:dt200214
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    1. Czura, Kristina & Klonner, Stefan, 2023. "Financial market responses to a natural disaster: Evidence from credit networks and the Indian Ocean tsunami," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 160(C).
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    5. Fafchamps, Marcel & Gubert, Flore, 2007. "The formation of risk sharing networks," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 83(2), pages 326-350, July.
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    JEL classification:

    • G19 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Other
    • K12 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Contract Law
    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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