Within-group heterogeneity and group dynamics: Analyzing exit of microcredit groups in Angola
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- Ivar Kolstad & Armando J. Garcia Pires & Arne Wiig, 2017. "Within-group heterogeneity and group dynamics: analyzing exit of microcredit groups in Angola," Oxford Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(3), pages 338-351, July.
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Group dynamics; microcredit; fractionalization; inequality; exit;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2015-03-13 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-MFD-2015-03-13 (Microfinance)
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