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Transparency and Financial Inclusion : Experimental Evidence from Mobile Money (revision of CentER DP 2018-042)

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  • Dalton, Patricio

    (Tilburg University, Center For Economic Research)

  • Pamuk, H.

    (Tilburg University, Center For Economic Research)

  • Ramrattan, R.
  • van Soest, Daan

    (Tilburg University, Center For Economic Research)

  • Uras, Burak

    (Tilburg University, Center For Economic Research)

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  • Dalton, Patricio & Pamuk, H. & Ramrattan, R. & van Soest, Daan & Uras, Burak, 2019. "Transparency and Financial Inclusion : Experimental Evidence from Mobile Money (revision of CentER DP 2018-042)," Discussion Paper 2019-032, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research.
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