IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/quaeco/v68y2018icp85-96.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Microcredit repayment in a European context: evidence from Portugal

Author

Listed:
  • Bilau, José
  • St-Pierre, Josée

Abstract

The existing empirical literature on microcredit repayment focuses primarily on explaining its determinants for developing countries. Using a binary logistic regression model, we examine microcredit repayment in Portugal, one of the EU countries hardest hit by the economic recession caused by the 2008 financial crisis. This article widens the focus by examining the determinants of microcredit repayment in a previously unstudied context, examining potential differences between expansion and recession sub-periods and incorporating into the model previously unstudied variables. This study also reveals clear differences between profiles of microcredit borrowers from developing countries and those from a European context.

Suggested Citation

  • Bilau, José & St-Pierre, Josée, 2018. "Microcredit repayment in a European context: evidence from Portugal," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 68(C), pages 85-96.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:quaeco:v:68:y:2018:i:c:p:85-96
    DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2017.11.002
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1062976917300029
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.qref.2017.11.002?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Khandker, S.R. & Khalily, B. & Khan, Z., 1995. "Grameen Bank: Performance and Sustainability," World Bank - Discussion Papers 306, World Bank.
    2. Bennett, L. & Goldberg, M., 1993. "Providing Enterprise Development and Financial Services to Women, A Decade of Bank Experience in Asia," Papers 236, World Bank - Technical Papers.
    3. Denis Acclassato Houensou & A. Honlonkou & V.-C. Quenum, 2006. "Déterminants de la performance de remboursement dans les institutions de microfinance au Bénin?," Post-Print halshs-00328636, HAL.
    4. Godquin, Marie, 2004. "Microfinance Repayment Performance in Bangladesh: How to Improve the Allocation of Loans by MFIs," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 32(11), pages 1909-1926, November.
    5. Ibtissem Baklouti, 2013. "Determinants of Microcredit Repayment: The Case of Tunisian Microfinance Bank," African Development Review, African Development Bank, vol. 25(3), pages 370-382, September.
    6. Luisa Anderloni & Emanuele Maria Carluccio, 2007. "Access to Bank Accounts and Payment Services," Springer Books, in: Luisa Anderloni & Maria Debora Braga & Emanuele Maria Carluccio (ed.), New Frontiers in Banking Services, chapter 1, pages 5-105, Springer.
    7. Chaudhary, M. Ali & Ishfaq, Mohammad, 2003. "Credit worthiness of rural borrowers of Pakistan," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 32(6), pages 675-684, December.
    8. S. Brana, 2013. "Microcredit: an answer to the gender problem in funding?," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 40(1), pages 87-100, January.
    9. Yaron, Jacob, 1994. "What Makes Rural Finance Institutions Successful?," The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank, vol. 9(1), pages 49-70, January.
    10. Joel M. Guttman, 2007. "Repayment Performance in Microcredit Programs: Theory and Evidence," NFI Working Papers 2007-WP-11, Indiana State University, Scott College of Business, Networks Financial Institute.
    11. Salazar, Gabriela L., 2008. "An Analysis of Repayment Among Clients of the Microfinance Institution Esperanza International, Dominican Republic," SS-AAEA Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 2008, pages 1-25.
    12. Ana Marr, 2002. "Studying group dynamics: an alternative analytical framework for the study of microfinance impacts on poverty reduction," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 14(4), pages 511-534.
    13. Sharma, Manohar & Zeller, Manfred, 1997. "Repayment performance in group-based credit programs in Bangladesh: An empirical analysis," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 25(10), pages 1731-1742, October.
    14. Mark M. Pitt & Shahidur R. Khandker, 1998. "The Impact of Group-Based Credit Programs on Poor Households in Bangladesh: Does the Gender of Participants Matter?," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 106(5), pages 958-996, October.
    15. Feroze, S.M. & Chauhan, A.K. & Malhotra, Ravinder & Kadian, K.S., 2011. "Factors Influencing Group Repayment Performance in Haryana: Application of Tobit Model," Agricultural Economics Research Review, Agricultural Economics Research Association (India), vol. 24(1), June.
    16. D'Espallier, Bert & Guérin, Isabelle & Mersland, Roy, 2011. "Women and Repayment in Microfinance: A Global Analysis," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 39(5), pages 758-772, May.
    17. Suraya Hanim Mokhtar & Gilbert Nartea & Christopher Gan, 2012. "Determinants of microcredit loans repayment problem among microfinance borrowers in Malaysia," International Journal of Business and Social Research, LAR Center Press, vol. 2(7), pages 33-45, December.
    18. Bruton, Garry D. & Ketchen, David J. & Ireland, R. Duane, 2013. "Entrepreneurship as a solution to poverty," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 28(6), pages 683-689.
    19. Dorfleitner, G. & Just-Marx, S. & Priberny, C., 2017. "What drives the repayment of agricultural micro loans? Evidence from Nicaragua," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 63(C), pages 89-100.
    20. Manuel Brandão Alves, 2010. "Microcredit in Portugal," Chapters, in: Bárbara Jayo Carboni & Maricruz Lacalle Calderón & Silvia Rico Garrido & Karl Dayson & Jill Kickul (ed.), Handbook of Microcredit in Europe, chapter 6, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    21. Gwendolyn Alexander Tedeschi, 2008. "Overcoming Selection Bias in Microcredit Impact Assessments: A Case Study in Peru," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(4), pages 504-518, April.
    22. Ibtissem Baklouti, 2013. "Determinants of Microcredit Repayment: The Case of Tunisian Microfinance Bank," African Development Review, African Development Bank, vol. 25(3), pages 370-382.
    23. Awatef ELLOUMI & Aïda KAMMOUN, 2013. "Les Déterminants De La Performance De Remboursement Des Microcrédits En Tunisie," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 84(3), pages 267-287, September.
    24. Johanna Hietalahti & Mikael Linden, 2006. "Socio-economic impacts of microfinance and repayment performance: a case study of the Small Enterprise Foundation, South Africa," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 6(3), pages 201-210, July.
    25. Thierry Montalieu, 2002. "Les institutions de micro-crédit : entre promesses et doutes Quelles pratiques bancaires pour quels effets ?," Mondes en développement, De Boeck Université, vol. 119(3), pages 21-32.
    26. Bruder, Jana & Neuberger, Doris & Räthke-Döppner, Solvig, 2008. "Financial constraints of ethnic entrepreneurship: Evidence from Germany," Thuenen-Series of Applied Economic Theory 84, University of Rostock, Institute of Economics.
    27. Dinh, Thi Huyen Thanh & Kleimeier, Stefanie, 2007. "A credit scoring model for Vietnam's retail banking market," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 16(5), pages 471-495.
    28. Malimba Musafiri Papias & P. Ganesan, 2009. "Repayment behaviour in credit and savings cooperative societies," International Journal of Social Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 36(5), pages 608-625, April.
    29. William Derban & Jane Binner & Andy Mullineux, 2005. "Loan Repayment Performance in Community Development Finance Institutions in the UK," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 25(4), pages 319-332, November.
    30. Thierry Montalieu, 2002. "Les institutions de microcrédit : entre promesses et doutes, quelles pratiques pour quels effets?," Post-Print halshs-00277099, HAL.
    31. Rachel Croson & Uri Gneezy, 2009. "Gender Differences in Preferences," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 47(2), pages 448-474, June.
    32. Lucia Dunn & TaeHyung Kim, 1999. "Empirical Investigation of Credit Card Default," Working Papers 99-13, Ohio State University, Department of Economics.
    33. Thierry Montalieu, 2002. "Les institutions de micro-crédit : entre promesses et doutes, quelles pratiques bancaires pour quelles effets?," Post-Print halshs-00276893, HAL.
    34. Ana Marr, 2002. "Studying Group Dynamics : An Alternative Analytical Framework for the Study of Microfinance Impacts on Poverty Reduction," Working Papers 121, Department of Economics, SOAS University of London, UK.
    35. Nitin Bhatt & Shui–Yan Tang, 2002. "Determinants of Repayment in Microcredit: Evidence from Programs in the United States," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 26(2), pages 360-376, June.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Emilio M. Santandreu & Joaquín López Pascual & Salvador Cruz Rambaud, 2020. "Determinants of Repayment among Male and Female Microcredit Clients in the USA. An Approach Based on Managers’ Perceptions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-17, February.
    2. Salvador Cruz Rambaud & Joaquín López Pascual & Emilio M. Santandreu, 2023. "A socioeconomic approach to the profile of microcredit holders from the Hispanic minority in the USA," Financial Innovation, Springer;Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, vol. 9(1), pages 1-25, December.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Jorge Mota & António Carrizo Moreira & Cristóvão Brandão, 2018. "Determinants of microcredit repayment in Portugal: analysis of borrowers, loans and business projects," Portuguese Economic Journal, Springer;Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestao, vol. 17(3), pages 141-171, November.
    2. Salvador Cruz Rambaud & Joaquín López Pascual & Emilio M. Santandreu, 2023. "A socioeconomic approach to the profile of microcredit holders from the Hispanic minority in the USA," Financial Innovation, Springer;Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, vol. 9(1), pages 1-25, December.
    3. Leite, Rodrigo & Mendes, Layla & Camelo, Emmanuel, 2024. "Innovating microcredit: how fintechs change the field," Journal of Economics and Business, Elsevier, vol. 128(C).
    4. Ibtissem Baklouti, 2013. "Determinants of Microcredit Repayment: The Case of Tunisian Microfinance Bank," African Development Review, African Development Bank, vol. 25(3), pages 370-382, September.
    5. Meishan Jiang & Krishna P. Paudel & Seydina O. Sene, 2022. "Does counter‐guarantee affect microcredit mechanism's performance on repayment? Evidence from Guangzhou, China," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 27(2), pages 1807-1817, April.
    6. Dorfleitner, G. & Just-Marx, S. & Priberny, C., 2017. "What drives the repayment of agricultural micro loans? Evidence from Nicaragua," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 63(C), pages 89-100.
    7. Lucia Dalla Pellegrina & Giorgio Di Maio & Paolo Landoni & Emanuele Rusinà, 2021. "Money management and entrepreneurial training in microfinance: impact on beneficiaries and institutions," Economia Politica: Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, Springer;Fondazione Edison, vol. 38(3), pages 1049-1085, October.
    8. Mohamed, Toka S. & Elgammal, Mohammed M., 2023. "Credit risk in Islamic microfinance institutions: The role of women, groups, and rural borrowers," Emerging Markets Review, Elsevier, vol. 54(C).
    9. Gutiérrez-Nieto, Begoña & Serrano-Cinca, Carlos, 2019. "20 years of research in microfinance: An information management approach," International Journal of Information Management, Elsevier, vol. 47(C), pages 183-197.
    10. Adil EL Fakir & Richard Fairchild & Youssef Lamrani Alaoui & Dora Chan & Mohamed Tkiouat & Zaid Amer, 2024. "Kinship, gender and social links impact on micro group lending defaults," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 29(2), pages 2527-2542, April.
    11. Schicks, Jessica, 2014. "Over-Indebtedness in Microfinance – An Empirical Analysis of Related Factors on the Borrower Level," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 301-324.
    12. Denis H. ACCLASSATO, 2008. "Taux D'Interet Effectif, Viabilite Financiere Et Financement Des Petits Operateurs Economiques Par Les Institutions De Microfinance Au Benin," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 79(1), pages 161-195, March.
    13. Kangogo, Daniel & Lagat, Job & Ithinji, Gicuru, 2013. "The Influence of Social Capital Dimensions on Household Participation in Micro-Credit Groups and Loan Repayment Performance in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya," MPRA Paper 48624, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    14. Lucia Dalla Pellegrina & Giorgio, Di Maio & Paolo Landoni & Beatrice Rama, 2019. "Activating women cognitive abilities: Impact of a financial literacy pilot program in India," Working Papers 412, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics, revised May 2019.
    15. Bátiz-Zuk Enrique & González-Holden Alexa, 2023. "Identifying Gender Disparities on the Time to Repay Microfinance Group Loans: Evidence from Mexico," Working Papers 2023-07, Banco de México.
    16. Dorfleitner, Gregor & Oswald, Eva-Maria, 2016. "Repayment behavior in peer-to-peer microfinancing: Empirical evidence from Kiva," Review of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 30(C), pages 45-59.
    17. Jesmin Ara & Hossen Md Abu Sufian & Md. Abdul Wahab Sarker, 2024. "An Analysis of Influential Elements of Microcredit Repayment in Covid 19 Crisis: Evidence from Bangladesh," International Journal of Science and Business, IJSAB International, vol. 36(1), pages 9-19.
    18. Uma Murthy & Paul Anthony Mariadas, 2017. "An Exploratory Study on the Factors Contributing Loan Repayment Default among the Loan Borrowers in Micro Finance Institutions in Shah Alam, Selangor," International Journal of Business and Management, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 12(12), pages 242-242, November.
    19. Sonia Di Giannatale. & Daniel Ventosa-Santaulària. & María José Roa. & Alexander Elbittar. & Darío Trujano., 2020. "The Role of Cognitive and Personality Characteristics in Timely Microcredit Repayment: Evidence from a Survey Conducted by Provident, Mexico. (El papel de las características cognitivas y de personali," Ensayos Revista de Economia, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Economia, vol. 0(1), pages 1-20, May.
    20. A. Blanco-Oliver & A. Irimia-Diéguez, 2021. "Impact of outreach on financial performance of microfinance institutions: a moderated mediation model of productivity, loan portfolio quality, and profit status," Review of Managerial Science, Springer, vol. 15(3), pages 633-668, April.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:quaeco:v:68:y:2018:i:c:p:85-96. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/inca/620167 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.