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Strategic behavior between a bank and a microfinance institution: The role of psychological distance and education level

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  • Fall, François
  • Nguyen-Huu, Thanh Tam

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In Hotelling's fundamental model (1929), the geographical distance and high transportation costs grant firms present in a market a certain power over local buyers in their neighborhoods. Starting from his model, this study shows that in the competition between a bank and a microfinance institution (MFI), geographical distance and transportation costs alone are no longer sufficient for attributing market power to the firms present. In fact, the introduction of psychological distance and education level in the model alter the Hotelling's results. Psychological proximity (trust) and the educational level of the client play determinant roles in dividing the credit market between a bank and an MFI.

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  • Fall, François & Nguyen-Huu, Thanh Tam, 2015. "Strategic behavior between a bank and a microfinance institution: The role of psychological distance and education level," Economics Discussion Papers 2015-66, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
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    Keywords

    spatial competition; bank; microfinance; market power;
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    JEL classification:

    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
    • D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection

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