An Empirical Investigation of Reputation Loan Size Dynamics in Rural Credit Markets in Honduras

Reka Sundaram-Stukel and Bradford L. Barham

No 92196, Staff Papers from University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics

Abstract: This paper examines the role of two types of reputation - borrower credit history and productivity - in disequilibrium supply and demand models of loan size dynamics in formal and informal credit markets. Using panel data on Honduran households, full- and partial-information regime switching econometric models yield four principal findings: (1) credit contracts in the formal sector are largely collateral driven and not reputation driven; (2) the informal sector credit contracts are borrower reputation based; (3) the informal sector utilizes positive/negative credit histories in both markets to credibly reward/punish borrowers; and (4) technical efficiency has a positive impact in determining loan size in both sectors on the demand and supply side of the market.

Keywords: Research; Methods/Statistical; Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39
Date: 2007-12
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.92196

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