Does Participation in Productive Associations Signal Trust and Creditworthiness? Evidence for Nicaragua

• Tác giả: Ezequiel Molina
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 641.59 Cooking characteristic of specific geographic environments, ethnic cooking
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 328101
• Chủ đề: 1. ACCESS TO CREDIT; 2. ACCESS TO LOANS; 3. ACCESS TO SERVICES; 4. ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION; 5. AVERAGE INTEREST

Tóm tắt

This article studies the extent to which participation in productive associations in Nicaragua contributes to increase individuals' access to social programs and credit services. By participating in productive associations, individuals give a good signal to firms and are rewarded with better transactions and more access to the services they provide, ceteris paribus. Estimates using 2005 data indicate that households that participate in productive associations display higher access to credit and to social programs that promote investment. Additionally, participation in productive associations is weakly associated to more favorable credit outcomes among those households that receive loans, such as lower interest rates and a lower probability of wanting more credit than what was accessible to them.