... Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Agricultural credit supply IV approach Information asymmetry Microfinance institutions Credit applicants Endogeneity The failure of agricultural and development banks in the 1980s encouraged microfinance’s emergence...

... Purpose – Using a unique dataset of a commercial microfinance institution (MFI) in Tanzania, the purpose of this paper is to investigate first whether agricultural firms have a different probability to get a loan and whether their loans are differently volume rationed than loans to non...

...Ron Weber; Oliver Musshoff Purpose Using a unique dataset of a commercial microfinance institution (MFI) in Madagascar, the purpose of this paper is to investigate how credit access probabilities and loan volume rationing magnitudes for farmers change if the MFI switches to offer flexible...

...Ron Weber; Oliver Musshoff Purpose Using a unique dataset of a commercial microfinance institution (MFI) in Tanzania, the purpose of this paper is to investigate first whether agricultural firms have a different probability to get a loan and whether their loans are differently volume rationed than...

..., by focusing on Financial Service Associations, a specific form of microfinance institution, the effectiveness of such institutions is found to be very sensitive to the behavioral motivations of both clientele and provider, as well as the social norms upon which such transactions take place. © Emerald Group...

... to promote a viable microfinance industry. The paper concludes by describing some current challenges faced by the industry and offers a possible research agenda for agricultural economists. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Financial institutions Microfinance Microfinance institutions...

...Manfred Zeller This paper describes different types of rural microfinance institutions, and examines their comparative advantages as well as related challenges to and strategies for deepening rural financial systems. The focus is not about which type of institution is better or worse...