Does capital and financing structure have any relevance to the performance of microfinance institutions?

Ashim Kar ()

International Review of Applied Economics, 2012, vol. 26, issue 3, 329-348

Abstract: This paper aims to explore the impact of capital and financing structure on the performance of microfinance institutions (MFIs) from an agency theoretic standpoint. GMM and IV estimations with instruments have been performed using a panel dataset of 782 MFIs in 92 countries for the period 2000--2007. Results confirm the agency theoretic claim that an increase in leverage raises profit-efficiency in MFIs. The study also finds that cost efficiency deteriorates with decreasing leverage. Likewise, the negative significant impact of leverage on depth of outreach can also be explained. However, the study finds that capital structure does not have any noticeable impact on breadth of outreach and neither is it significantly related with women’s participation as loan clients.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1080/02692171.2011.580267

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