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Working Papers
2019
- Does bundling crop insurance with certified seeds crowd-in investments? Experimental evidence from Kenya
Greenwich Papers in Political Economy, University of Greenwich, Greenwich Political Economy Research Centre View citations (4)
See also Journal Article Does bundling crop insurance with certified seeds crowd-in investments? Experimental evidence from Kenya, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2020) View citations (5) (2020)
2018
- Uptake and impact of interlinked index-based insurance with credit and agricultural inputs: experimental evidence from Ethiopia
Greenwich Papers in Political Economy, University of Greenwich, Greenwich Political Economy Research Centre
2015
- A New International Database on Financial Fragility
Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics View citations (7)
Also in Discussion Papers in Economics, Division of Economics, School of Business, University of Leicester (2015) View citations (7)
2014
- Financial liberalization and capital flight
Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management)
2012
- Dynamics of Investment for Market-Oriented Farmers in Chile
2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, International Association of Agricultural Economists
- Impact of Access to Credit on Farm Productivity of Fruit and Vegetable Growers in Chile
2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (8)
2010
- Does Conflict affect Preferences? Results from Field Experiments in Burundi
Research Working Papers, MICROCON - A Micro Level Analysis of Violent Conflict View citations (42)
Also in Working Papers ECARES, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles (2010) View citations (37) HiCN Working Papers, Households in Conflict Network (2010) View citations (31)
2009
- The Impact of International Remittances on Income, Work Efforts, Poverty and Inequality: Evidence from Vietnam
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)
2008
- Bank efficiency and foreign ownership: do good institutions matter?
ULB Institutional Repository, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles View citations (208)
See also Journal Article Bank efficiency and foreign ownership: Do good institutions matter?, Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier (2008) View citations (203) (2008)
- Banking in transition economies: does foreign ownership enhance profitability?
ULB Institutional Repository, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles View citations (8)
See also Journal Article Banking in transition economies: does foreign ownership enhance profitability?, The European Journal of Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals (2008) View citations (8) (2008)
- Commercialisering van microfinanciering: een goede zaak?
ULB Institutional Repository, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles
- De effecten van financiële liberalisatie op de economische groei, investeringen en besparingen
ULB Institutional Repository, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles
- Does financial liberalization influence saving, investment and economic growth: evidence from 25 emerging market economies, 1973-1996
ULB Institutional Repository, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles View citations (10)
- Economic Development of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam
CDS Research Reports, University of Groningen, Centre for Development Studies (CDS)
- Outreach and Efficiency of Microfinance Institutions
Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management) View citations (10)
See also Journal Article Outreach and Efficiency of Microfinance Institutions, World Development, Elsevier (2011) View citations (232) (2011)
- State capture, income and institutional quality
ULB Institutional Repository, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles
See also Journal Article State capture, income and institutional quality, Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals (2008) (2008)
- Stock-market efficiency in thin-trading markets: the case of the Vietnamese stock market
ULB Institutional Repository, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles
See also Journal Article Stock-market efficiency in thin-trading markets: the case of the Vietnamese stock market, Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2010) View citations (19) (2010)
- Value performance of European bank acquisitions
ULB Institutional Repository, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles View citations (8)
See also Journal Article Value performance of European bank acquisitions, Applied Financial Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2007) (2007)
2007
- Does foreign ownership Foster bank performance
ULB Institutional Repository, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles View citations (14)
See also Journal Article Does foreign ownership foster bank performance?, Applied Financial Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2007) View citations (14) (2007)
- Group lending and the role of the group leader:Theory and evidence from Eritrea
Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management)
- Impact of microfinance: a critical survey
ULB Institutional Repository, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles View citations (9)
- Lending policies of informal, formal and semiformal lenders: evidence from Vietnam
ULB Institutional Repository, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles View citations (20)
- Remittances and Financial Inclusion in Development
WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (15)
- Risk behaviour and group formation in microcredit groups in Eritrea
ULB Institutional Repository, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles
Also in Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management) (2003) View citations (7)
- The empirics of microfinance: what do we know?
ULB Institutional Repository, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles View citations (152)
See also Journal Article The empirics of microfinance: what do we know?, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2007) View citations (149) (2007)
2006
- On signalling and debt maturity choice
Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management) 
See also Journal Article On signalling and debt maturity choice, Applied Financial Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals (2006) (2006)
- The Determinants of Loan Contracts to Business Firms: Empirical Evidence from a Private Bank in Vietnam
WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)
2005
- Chicken or egg: financial development and economic growth in China, 1992-2004
CCSO Working Papers, University of Groningen, CCSO Centre for Economic Research
- Collateral and Debt Maturity Choice. A Signaling Model
Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management)
- Does Financial Liberalization Influence Saving, Investment and Economic Growth?: Evidence from 25 Emerging Market Economies, 1973-97
WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (11)
- Does the group leader matter? The impact of monitoring activities and social ties of group leaders on the repayment performance of groupbased lending Eritrea
Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management) 
See also Journal Article Does the Group Leader Matter? The Impact of Monitoring Activities and Social Ties of Group Leaders on the Repayment Performance of Group‐based Lending in Eritrea, African Development Review, African Development Bank (2006) View citations (22) (2006)
- It Works; It Doesn't; It Can, But that Depends...: 50 Years of Controversy Over the Macroeconomic Impact of Development Aid
WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (21)
2004
- Financial development and the transmission of monetary shocks
Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management) View citations (4)
2003
- Peer monitoring, social ties and moral hazard in group lending programmes: evidence from Eritrea
Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management) View citations (1)
See also Journal Article Peer Monitoring, Social Ties and Moral Hazard in Group Lending Programs: Evidence from Eritrea, World Development, Elsevier (2005) View citations (52) (2005)
2002
- Business groups, financing constraints, and investment: the case of India
Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management) View citations (3)
Also in CCSO Working Papers, University of Groningen, CCSO Centre for Economic Research (2001) View citations (1)
See also Journal Article Business groups, financing constraints and investment: the case of India, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2003) View citations (47) (2003)
- Do reforms in transition economies affect foreign bank entry?
CCSO Working Papers, University of Groningen, CCSO Centre for Economic Research View citations (3)
See also Journal Article Do Reforms in Transition Economies Affect Foreign Bank Entry?, International Review of Finance, International Review of Finance Ltd. (2002) View citations (3) (2002)
- Flight Capital and its Reversal for Development Financing
WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (29)
- Growth, financial development, societal norms and legal institutions
CCSO Working Papers, University of Groningen, CCSO Centre for Economic Research View citations (2)
See also Journal Article Growth, financial development, societal norms and legal institutions*, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Elsevier (2004) View citations (31) (2004)
- Investment, cash flow and uncertainty: evidence for the Netherlands
10th International Conference on Panel Data, Berlin, July 5-6, 2002, International Conferences on Panel Data View citations (4)
Also in CCSO Working Papers, University of Groningen, CCSO Centre for Economic Research (2001) View citations (3)
- The volatility of FDI, not the level, affects growth in developing countries
CDS Research Reports, University of Groningen, Centre for Development Studies (CDS) View citations (6)
2001
- Corporate ownership as a means to solve adverse selection problems in a model of asymmetric information and credit rationing
Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management)
- Fiscal Policy and Private Investment in Less Developed Countries
WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (15)
- Foreign direct investment: flows, volatility and growth in developing countries
Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management) View citations (39)
- Joint liability lending: a note
Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management) View citations (2)
- The impact of foreign bank entry on domestic banking markets: a note
Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management) View citations (4)
2000
- Capital flight and the uncertainty of government policies
Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management) View citations (4)
See also Journal Article Capital flight and the uncertainty of government policies, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2001) View citations (65) (2001)
- Development of stock markets, societal norms and legal institutions
CCSO Working Papers, University of Groningen, CCSO Centre for Economic Research
- Foreign direct investment, financial development and economic growth
Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management) View citations (12)
See also Journal Article Foreign direct investment, financial development and economic growth, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2003) View citations (392) (2003)
- Is size important for the investment-uncertainty relationship?: an empirical analyses for Dutch firms
Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management) View citations (7)
- Is the investment-uncertainty relationship non-linear?: an emperical [i.e. empirical] analysis for the Netherlands
Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management)
- Is there an uncertainty-laffer curve?
Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management) View citations (1)
- Uncertainty and growth of the firm
CCSO Working Papers, University of Groningen, CCSO Centre for Economic Research View citations (2)
See also Journal Article Uncertainty and Growth of the Firm, Small Business Economics, Springer (2005) View citations (23) (2005)
- Uncertainty and investment of Dutch firms: an empirical analysis using stock market data
CCSO Working Papers, University of Groningen, CCSO Centre for Economic Research
1999
- Aid instability as a measure of uncertainty and the positive impact of aid on growth
CDS Research Reports, University of Groningen, Centre for Development Studies (CDS) View citations (7)
See also Journal Article Aid instability as a measure of uncertainty and the positive impact of aid on growth, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2000) View citations (192) (2000)
- Are Polish firms risk-averting or risk-loving?: evidence on demand uncertainty and the capital-labour ratio in a transition economy
Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management) View citations (1)
- Are there negative returns to aid?
Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management) View citations (13)
See also Journal Article Are There Negative Returns to Aid?, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2001) View citations (163) (2001)
- Asymmetric information, option to wait to invest and the optimal level of investment
CCSO Working Papers, University of Groningen, CCSO Centre for Economic Research 
See also Journal Article Asymmetric information, option to wait to invest and the optimal level of investment, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2001) View citations (11) (2001)
- Capital market imperfections, uncertainty and corporate investment in the Czech Republic
Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management) 
See also Journal Article Capital Market Imperfections, Uncertainty and Corporate Investment in the Czech Republic, Economic Change and Restructuring, Springer (2000) View citations (13) (2000)
- Does uncertainty affect economic growth?: an empirical analysis
Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management) View citations (45)
Also in CCSO Working Papers, University of Groningen, CCSO Centre for Economic Research (1999) View citations (54)
See also Journal Article Does uncertainty affect economic growth? An empirical analysis, Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer (1999) View citations (55) (1999)
- The determinants of capital structure: evidence from Dutch panel data
Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management) View citations (12)
- Uncertainty, financial development and economic growth: an empirical analysis
Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management)
1998
- Capital flight and political risk
Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management) View citations (2)
See also Journal Article Capital flight and political risk, Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier (2000) View citations (74) (2000)
1997
- Foreign transfers and tropical deforestation: what terms of conditionality
Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management) 
See also Journal Article Foreign Transfers and Tropical Deforestation: What Terms of Conditionality?, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2000) View citations (16) (2000)
1996
- Financial reform and information problems in capital markets: an empirical analysis of the Chilean experience, 1983-1992
Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management)
1995
- Foreign aid and the public sector: a simulation approach
Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management) View citations (1)
1993
- Financial Liberalization, Informal Credit Markets and Imperfect Information
Working Papers, Groningen State, Institute of Economic Research-
- Informal Credit Markets, deregulation and Private Investment
Working Papers, Groningen State, Institute of Economic Research- View citations (2)
- Is there a Long Run Influence on Financial Development on Economic growth in Latin America
Working Papers, Groningen State, Institute of Economic Research-
- The Financial Sector and Its Influence on Economic Growth: Evidence from 14 Latin American Countries, 1963-1989
Working Papers, Groningen State, Institute of Economic Research-
1992
- An Assessment of the Brady Plan Agreements
OECD Development Centre Working Papers, OECD Publishing View citations (1)
- Developing Countries' Economic Performance in the 1990s: A World Model Approach
Working Papers, Groningen State, Institute of Economic Research-
1991
- Trade, Capital, and the Transition in Central Europe
Working Papers, Groningen State, Institute of Economic Research- View citations (2)
Journal Articles
2024
- Ambiguity attitudes and demand for weather index insurance with and without a credit bundle: experimental evidence from Kenya
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 2024, 41, (C) View citations (1)
- How did COVID affect savings and wealth? An empirical study in South Africa
The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2024, 22, (3), 757-780
2023
- Do smallholder farmers prefer commitment or flexibility in pension savings accounts? A randomised experiment of cocoa farmers in Ghana
Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2023, 22, (1), 23-37
- PROTOCOL: Effects of interventions to improve access to financial services for micro‐, small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises in low‐ and middle‐income countries: An evidence and gap map
Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2023, 19, (3)
- Religion, social desirability bias and financial inclusion: Evidence from a list experiment on Islamic (micro-)finance
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 2023, 38, (C) View citations (2)
- Short- and Medium-term Impacts of Employability Training: Evidence from a Randomised Field Experiment in Rwanda
Journal of African Economies, 2023, 32, (3), 296-328
- The Origins of Optimism: A Lab-in-the-Field Experiment among Microfinance Clients in Bolivia
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2023, 72, (1), 389 - 421
- Uptake, use, and impact of Islamic savings: Evidence from a field experiment in Pakistan1
Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 163, (C) View citations (2)
- Why agricultural insurance may slow down agricultural development
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2023, 105, (4), 1197-1220 View citations (2)
2022
- A Guideline for Contextual Adaptation of Community-Based Health Interventions
IJERPH, 2022, 19, (10), 1-16
- Aspirational hope, dairy farming practices, and milk production: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Bolivia
World Development, 2022, 160, (C) View citations (1)
- The Plus in Credit-Plus-Technical Assistance: Evidence from a Rural Microcredit Programme in Bolivia
Journal of Development Studies, 2022, 58, (2), 275-291
2021
- Credit-linked insurance bundles in Zambia: evidence from the aftermath of a shock
Agricultural Finance Review, 2021, 82, (5), 857-870
- Empowerment and intimate partner violence: Domestic abuse when household income is uncertain
Review of Development Economics, 2021, 25, (1), 148-162 View citations (2)
- Liquidity defaults and progressive lending in microfinance: A lab‐in‐the field experiment in Bolivia
Review of Development Economics, 2021, 25, (4), 2013-2030
- Provisioning over the business cycle: Some insights from the microfinance industry
International Review of Financial Analysis, 2021, 77, (C) View citations (6)
2020
- Does bundling crop insurance with certified seeds crowd-in investments? Experimental evidence from Kenya
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 180, (C), 744-757 View citations (5)
See also Working Paper Does bundling crop insurance with certified seeds crowd-in investments? Experimental evidence from Kenya, Greenwich Papers in Political Economy (2019) View citations (4) (2019)
- Does microcredit increase aspirational hope? Evidence from a group lending scheme in Sierra Leone
World Development, 2020, 128, (C) View citations (7)
- Effects of Index Insurance on Demand and Supply of Credit: Evidence from Ethiopia
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2020, 102, (5), 1511-1531 View citations (6)
- Political connections and household access to bank loans: evidence from China
Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja, 2020, 33, (1), 288-309 View citations (1)
- Randomized interventions and “real” treatment effects: A cautionary tale and an example
World Development, 2020, 127, (C)
- Risk and ambiguity aversion behavior in index-based insurance uptake decisions: Experimental evidence from Ethiopia
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 180, (C), 718-730 View citations (6)
- The double bottom line of microfinance: A global comparison between conventional and Islamic microfinance
World Development, 2020, 136, (C) View citations (5)
2019
- Impacts of the Gender and Entrepreneurship Together Ahead (GET Ahead) training on empowerment of female microfinance borrowers in Northern Vietnam
World Development, 2019, 120, (C), 46-61 View citations (15)
- Liquidity constraints, informal institutions, and the adoption of weather insurance: A randomized controlled Trial in Ethiopia
Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 140, (C), 269-278 View citations (27)
- Women's empowerment and domestic abuse: Experimental evidence from Vietnam
European Economic Review, 2019, 115, (C), 172-191 View citations (16)
2018
- Do microfinance institutions benefit from integrating financial and nonfinancial services?
Applied Economics, 2018, 50, (21), 2386-2401 View citations (17)
- Liquidity Constraints and Willingness to Pay for Solar Lamps and Water Filters in Jakarta
The European Journal of Development Research, 2018, 30, (4), 577-587 View citations (2)
- The impact of a gender and business training on income hiding: An experimental study in Vietnam
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2018, 148, (C), 241-259 View citations (5)
2017
- Community conversations as a strategy to change harmful traditional practices against women
Applied Economics Letters, 2017, 24, (2), 72-74 View citations (5)
- Do Gender and Business Trainings Affect Business Outcomes? Experimental Evidence from Vietnam
Management Science, 2017, 63, (9), 2885-2902 View citations (16)
- Do Savings and Credit Institutions Reduce Vulnerability? New Evidence From Mexico
Review of Income and Wealth, 2017, 63, (2), 335-352 View citations (3)
- Does Microfinance Make Households More Resilient to Shocks? Evidence From the Cyclone Phailin in India
Journal of International Development, 2017, 29, (7), 1011-1015 View citations (3)
- The Impact of Social and Financial Education on Savings Attitudes and Behavior Among Primary School Children in Uganda
Evaluation Review, 2017, 41, (6), 511-541 View citations (2)
2016
- Adoption and impact of index-insurance and credit for smallholder farmers in developing countries
Agricultural Finance Review, 2016, 76, (1), 94-118 View citations (5)
- Capital account liberalization and income inequality
Journal of International Money and Finance, 2016, 61, (C), 143-162 View citations (75)
- Financial Literacy and Financial Behaviour: Experimental Evidence from Rural Rwanda
Economic Journal, 2016, 126, (594), 1571-1599 View citations (32)
- Gender training and female empowerment: Experimental evidence from Vietnam
Economics Letters, 2016, 145, (C), 117-119 View citations (8)
- Trade credit use and competition in the value chain
The Economics of Transition, 2016, 24, (4), 765-795 View citations (5)
2015
- Cash or In-kind Transfers? Evidence from a Randomised Controlled Trial in Delhi, India
Journal of Development Studies, 2015, 51, (6), 660-673 View citations (11)
- Loan Officers' Gender and Microfinance Repayment Rates
Journal of Development Studies, 2015, 51, (9), 1241-1254 View citations (17)
- Measuring the impact of an ongoing microcredit project: evidence from a study in Ghana
Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2015, 7, (4), 519-529 View citations (1)
- The determinants of trade credit use: the case of the Tanzanian rice market
Applied Economics, 2015, 47, (30), 3164-3174 View citations (2)
2014
- Asymmetric group loans, non-assortative matching and adverse selection
Economics Letters, 2014, 124, (2), 185-187
- Institutions and Bank Performance: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 76, (1), 67-92 View citations (32)
- Slavery, Statehood, and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
World Development, 2014, 57, (C), 148-163 View citations (16)
- What Can We Learn from Impact Evaluations&quest
The European Journal of Development Research, 2014, 26, (1), 12-17 View citations (1)
2013
- Financial liberalization and economic growth: A meta-analysis
Journal of International Money and Finance, 2013, 33, (C), 255-281 View citations (109)
- Social and financial exclusion: the role of microfinance
Rivista italiana degli economisti, 2013, (3), 293-298
2012
- Do Powerful CEOs Determine Microfinance Performance?
Journal of Management Studies, 2012, 49, (4), 718-742 View citations (46)
- Group lending with correlated project outcomes
Economics Letters, 2012, 117, (2), 445-447 View citations (8)
- Ownership and technical efficiency of microfinance institutions: Empirical evidence from Latin America
Journal of Banking & Finance, 2012, 36, (7), 2136-2144 View citations (93)
- The Impact of Trade Credit on Customer Switching Behaviour: Evidence from the Tanzanian Rice Market
Journal of Development Studies, 2012, 48, (3), 363-376 View citations (5)
- The impact of microcredit on self‐employment profits in Vietnam
The Economics of Transition, 2012, 20, (1), 73-111 View citations (13)
- Violent Conflict and Behavior: A Field Experiment in Burundi
American Economic Review, 2012, 102, (2), 941-64 View citations (477)
2011
- Group lending and the role of the group leader
Small Business Economics, 2011, 36, (3), 299-321 View citations (5)
- International diversification and Microfinance
Journal of International Money and Finance, 2011, 30, (3), 507-515 View citations (42)
- Microfinance: Its Impact, Outreach, and Sustainability
World Development, 2011, 39, (6), 875-881 View citations (113)
- On the signalling property of debt maturity: empirical evidence from a private bank in Vietnam
Applied Economics Letters, 2011, 18, (9), 809-816
- Outreach and Efficiency of Microfinance Institutions
World Development, 2011, 39, (6), 938-948 View citations (232)
See also Working Paper Outreach and Efficiency of Microfinance Institutions, Research Report (2008) View citations (10) (2008)
- The Credit Constraints of Market-Oriented Farmers in Chile
Journal of Development Studies, 2011, 47, (12), 1851-1868 View citations (9)
- The impact of work and non‐work migration on household welfare, poverty and inequality
The Economics of Transition, 2011, 19, (4), 771-799 View citations (25)
2010
- Does group affiliation increase firm value for diversified groups?: New evidence from Indian companies
Journal of Empirical Finance, 2010, 17, (3), 332-344 View citations (12)
- Stock-market efficiency in thin-trading markets: the case of the Vietnamese stock market
Applied Economics, 2010, 42, (27), 3519-3532 View citations (19)
See also Working Paper Stock-market efficiency in thin-trading markets: the case of the Vietnamese stock market, ULB Institutional Repository (2008) (2008)
2009
- A practical approach to validating a PD model
Journal of Banking & Finance, 2009, 33, (4), 701-708 View citations (14)
- Does Group Affiliation Improve Firm Performance? The Case of Chinese State-Owned Firms
Journal of Development Studies, 2009, 45, (10), 1615-1632 View citations (6)
2008
- Bank efficiency and foreign ownership: Do good institutions matter?
Journal of Banking & Finance, 2008, 32, (5), 834-844 View citations (203)
See also Working Paper Bank efficiency and foreign ownership: do good institutions matter?, ULB Institutional Repository (2008) View citations (208) (2008)
- Banking in transition economies: does foreign ownership enhance profitability?
The European Journal of Finance, 2008, 14, (7), 545-562 View citations (8)
See also Working Paper Banking in transition economies: does foreign ownership enhance profitability?, ULB Institutional Repository (2008) View citations (8) (2008)
- Household Borrowing in Vietnam
Journal of Emerging Market Finance, 2008, 7, (3), 237-261 View citations (4)
- State capture, income and institutional quality
Applied Economics Letters, 2008, 15, (6), 423-426 
See also Working Paper State capture, income and institutional quality, ULB Institutional Repository (2008) (2008)
2007
- Does foreign ownership foster bank performance?
Applied Financial Economics, 2007, 17, (11), 881-885 View citations (14)
See also Working Paper Does foreign ownership Foster bank performance, ULB Institutional Repository (2007) View citations (14) (2007)
- Legal Restrictions and Investment Growth
Kyklos, 2007, 60, (4), 575-600 View citations (2)
- Lending policies of informal, formal and semiformal lenders
The Economics of Transition, 2007, 15, (2), 181-209 View citations (26)
- The empirics of microfinance: what do we know?
Economic Journal, 2007, 117, (517), F1-F10 View citations (149)
See also Working Paper The empirics of microfinance: what do we know?, ULB Institutional Repository (2007) View citations (152) (2007)
- Value performance of European bank acquisitions
Applied Financial Economics, 2007, 18, (3), 185-198 
See also Working Paper Value performance of European bank acquisitions, ULB Institutional Repository (2008) View citations (8) (2008)
2006
- Controversies over the impact of development aid: it works; it doesn't; it can, but that depends …
Journal of International Development, 2006, 18, (7), 1031-1050 View citations (85)
- Does foreign bank entry really stimulate gross domestic investment?
Applied Financial Economics, 2006, 16, (8), 569-582 View citations (1)
- Does the Group Leader Matter? The Impact of Monitoring Activities and Social Ties of Group Leaders on the Repayment Performance of Group‐based Lending in Eritrea
African Development Review, 2006, 18, (1), 72-97 View citations (22)
See also Working Paper Does the group leader matter? The impact of monitoring activities and social ties of group leaders on the repayment performance of groupbased lending Eritrea, Research Report (2005) (2005)
- Foreign Direct Investment: Flows, Volatility, and the Impact on Growth*
Review of International Economics, 2006, 14, (3), 478-493 View citations (109)
- On signalling and debt maturity choice
Applied Financial Economics Letters, 2006, 2, (4), 239-241 
See also Working Paper On signalling and debt maturity choice, Research Report (2006) (2006)
- On the Signalling Role of Debt Maturity
The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2006, 6, (1), 32
- The Inverted-U hypothesis for the effect of uncertainty on investment: Evidence from UK firms
The European Journal of Finance, 2006, 12, (2), 95-105 View citations (4)
- The impact of privatization on firm performance in a transition economy: The case of Vietnam
The Economics of Transition, 2006, 14, (2), 349-389 View citations (30)
2005
- Joint Liability Lending and the Peer Selection Effect
Economic Journal, 2005, 115, (506), 1005-1015 View citations (38)
- Peer Monitoring, Social Ties and Moral Hazard in Group Lending Programs: Evidence from Eritrea
World Development, 2005, 33, (1), 149-169 View citations (52)
See also Working Paper Peer monitoring, social ties and moral hazard in group lending programmes: evidence from Eritrea, Research Report (2003) View citations (1) (2003)
- Uncertainty and Growth of the Firm
Small Business Economics, 2005, 24, (4), 381-391 View citations (23)
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