Access to Capital in Rural Thailand: An Estimated Model of Formal vs. Informal Credit

Access to Capital in Rural Thailand: An Estimated Model of Formal vs. Informal Credit

The aim of this paper is to understand the mechanism underlying access to credit. The author focuses on two important aspects of rural credit markets in Thailand. First, moneylenders and other informal lenders coexist with formal lending institutions such as government or commercial banks, and more...

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Main Author: Gine, Xavier
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCOUNTING
AGRICULTURAL BANKS
AGRICULTURE
BORROWING
CAPITAL REQUIREMENT
CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS
COLLATERAL
COMMERCIAL BANKS
COST OF CAPITAL
CREDIT INSTITUTIONS
CREDIT MARKETS
DEBT
DEMOGRAPHICS
DEPOSITS
EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
FARMS
FINANCIAL DATA
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
FIXED ASSETS
FIXED CAPITAL
FIXED COSTS
INCOME
INFLATION
INFLATION RATE
INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES
INSURANCE
INSURANCE COMPANIES
INTEREST PAYMENT
INTEREST RATE
INTEREST RATES
LENDING INSTITUTIONS
LIVING STANDARDS
LOAN SIZE
MARGINS
MATCHING
MATURITIES
MATURITY
MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION
MONOPOLY RENTS
OPPORTUNITY COST
OPPORTUNITY COSTS
PRODUCTIVE ASSETS
PROFIT MARGINS
PROFITABILITY
PROXY
RURAL COMMUNITIES
SAVINGS
SAVINGS DEPOSITS
THAILAND
TRADERS
TRANSACTION COSTS
WEALTH
WORKING CAPITAL
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/02/5610659/access-capital-rural-thailand-estimated-model-formal-versus-informal-credit
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8918

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/02/5610659/access-capital-rural-thailand-estimated-model-formal-versus-informal-credit
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8918

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