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Divided Payment Schedules to Reduce Regretful Spending in Uganda

Jenny Aker
Jessica Goldberg
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Microfinance Repayment Schedules in West Bengal, India

Erica Field
Rohini Pande
John Papp
Jeannie Park
Natalia Rigol
Researchers tested two features of these contracts, repayment frequency and the time of the first repayment, to determine if characteristics of the loan contract affect borrowers’ repayment behavior and the types of investments they make. They found that less frequent repayments did not increase...
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Scaling Up an Entrepreneurial Model of Community Health Delivery in Uganda

Andrea Guariso
Martina Björkman Nyqvist
Jakob Svensson

Increasing Access to Microcredit to Encourage Business Start-up and Participant Welfare in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Britta Augsburg
Ralph De Haas
Heike Harmgart
Costas Meghir
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The Use of Nonbinding Contribution Suggestions for a Charitable Fundraising Scheme in Germany

Maja Adena
Steffen Huck
Imran Rasul
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Cash & Stash: Encouraging Saving at a Check Casher in the United States

Dean Karlan
Jonathan Zinman
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Examining the Effect of Information About Financial Aid for Higher Education on Schooling Outcomes in Chile

Taryn Dinkelman
Claudia Martinez
Researchers tested the effects of providing low-income students in urban Chile with information about financial aid for higher education on their educational attainment and their likelihood of progressing to higher education. A video informing students about financing higher education increased...
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Charitable Giving by Corporations and Aristocrats in Germany

Vittorio Bassi
Steffen Huck
Imran Rasul