The Miracle of Microfinance? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation
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- Abhijit Banerjee & Esther Duflo & Rachel Glennerster & Cynthia Kinnan, 2015. "The Miracle of Microfinance? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 7(1), pages 22-53, January.
- Glennerster, Rachel & Banerjee, Abhijit & Duflo, Esther & Kinnan, Cynthia, 2013. "The miracle of microfinance? Evidence from a randomized evaluation," CEPR Discussion Papers 9437, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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JEL classification:
- D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
- G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
- O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENT-2013-05-19 (Entrepreneurship)
- NEP-EXP-2013-05-19 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-MFD-2013-05-19 (Microfinance)
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