When Pro-Poor Microcredit Institutions Favor Richer Borrowers - A Moral Hazard Story
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Keywords
microfinance; mission drift; moral hazard;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
- G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BAN-2021-03-08 (Banking)
- NEP-FDG-2021-03-08 (Financial Development and Growth)
- NEP-MFD-2021-03-08 (Microfinance)
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