REPAYMENT FREQUENCY AND DEFAULT IN MICROFINANCE: EVIDENCE FROM INDIA

By Erica M. Field, Rohini Pande. 2008

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Subfields: Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Management Information Systems

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Access to Finance (2010, unknown): “Field and Pande (2008) conducted a simple field experiment in India in which they randomly assigned new borrowers either to traditional weekly payments or to monthly payments.”
Building Social Capital Through Microfinance (2010, unknown): “We also find evidence that clients assigned to meet more frequently find it easier to pay off their loans early (Field and Pande, 2008).”
Does the Classic Microfinance Model Discourage Entrepreneurship Among the Poor? Experimental Evidence from India † (2013, background): “However, no change in default was observed when either loan amounts were very small (Field and Pande, 2008) or group members were wellacquainted (Field et al.”
Group lending or individual lending? Evidence from a randomised field experiment in Mongolia (2011, background): “13 Field and Pande (2008) randomly assign weekly and monthly repayment meetings and find that a more flexible schedule can significantly lower transaction costs without increasing defaults.”
Site Selection Bias in Program Evaluation (2015, unknown): “…and Zinman (2015) study various effects on borrowers, while Gine and Karlan (2014) study how group vs. individual liability impacts default rates, Field and Pande (2008) study how repayment frequency affects default rates, and Field, Pande, Papp, and Rigol (2013) study how delayed repayment…”
Entrepreneurship and Financial Frictions: A Macrodevelopment Perspective (2015, background): “For example, not only the average firm size but also the average growth rates of firms are strikingly smaller in India and Mexico than in the U.S., as shown by Hsieh and Klenow (forthcoming).”
Giving Credit Where It Is Due (2010, background): “Field and Pande (2008) and their collaborators have worked with a microfinance institution in Calcutta, India, called Village Welfare Society, to evaluate the effect of weekly repayment plans on repayment and use of the loan.”