From Pawn Shops to Banks : The Impact of Formal Credit on Informal Households
This paper examines the effects of expanding access to credit on the decisions and welfare of households. It focuses on the entry of Banco Azteca, the first bank in Mexico targeting households from the informal sector. Panel data suggest that infor...
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Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/18343587/pawn-shops-banks-impact-formal-credit-informal-households http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16851 |