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Government performance, taxation and citizen participation: evidence from Brazil
(CAF, 2011)
Fiscal contract theories of the state hypothesize that government performance affects tax collection and that institutions that foster representation and accountability link taxes and services. These propositions have yet ...
Credit Constraints for Higher Education
(CAF, 2011)
This paper addresses the importance of credit constraints explaining the gap on
college enrollment between students coming from rich and poor families. Measuring the effect of credit constraints on college enrollment is ...
Efectos dinámicos de los precios de las materias primas en las posiciones fiscales de América Latina
(CAF, 2010)
El último episodio de auge y caída en los precios de las materias primas ha generado preocupación acerca del impacto de precios volátiles en las posiciones fiscales de los países de América Latina. Este trabajo, usando una ...
Banking Services Supply and Micro Firm Performance: Evidence from Colombia
(CAF, 2010)
This paper uses a dataset of a survey of Colombian micro firms from 2003 to 2007 in combination with data from publicly available sources about banking services supply at the municipality level, to assess the impact of the ...
Flexibility matters: do more rigid loan contracts reduce demand for microfinance?
(CAF, 2010)
Despite the rapid expansion of microfinance services in the past several decades, the low use of formal credit exhibited by poor households, the high dropout rates experienced by many microfinance institutions, and the ...
Access to Financing of SMEs in Argentina
(CAF, 2010)
In this paper, we examine SMEs in Argentina in search for a measurement of those who are credit constrained. We also estimate a model for the determinants of credit rejection taking into account those that are self-excluded. ...
Estructura de financiamiento y restricciones financieras de las empresas en Colombia
(CAF, 2010)
En este estudio evaluamos las restricciones financieras que enfrentan las empresas en Colombia e identificamos los determinantes de su estructura de financiamiento. Utilizando datos a nivel de firma, analizamos la evolución ...