Roscas as Financial Agreements to Cope with Social Pressure
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- Ambec, S. & Treich, N., 2003. "Roscas as financial agreements to cope with social pressure," Working Papers 200301, Grenoble Applied Economics Laboratory (GAEL).
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Keywords
Roscas; Social pressure; Stability; Contract; Credit;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance
- G29 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Other
- O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
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