Is Rationing in the Microfinance Sector Determined by the Microfinance Type? Evidence from Ghana

Luis Diaz-Serrano () and Frank Gyimah Sackey ()
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Luis Diaz-Serrano: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Frank Gyimah Sackey: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

No 8999, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This study sets out to examine the extent to which access to credit and credit rationing are influenced by the microfinance type based on the major factors determining micro, small and medium enterprises' access to credit from microfinance institutions in the era of financial liberalization. The data for the study were gleaned from fourteen microfinance institutions' credit and loan records consisting of borrowers and credit characteristics. Our results are puzzling and show that credit rationing is not influenced by the microfinance types but by the individual microfinance institutions.

Keywords: microfinance; Ghana; credit rationing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 47 pages
Date: 2015-04
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Published - published as "Microfinance and credit rationing: does the microfinance type matter?" Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment, 8(2), 114–131.

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