Sources of credit and characteristics of credit users in Ecuador. An analysis with emphasis on the rural sector

This paper analyzes the demographic characteristics of Ecuadorian credit receivers. By means of a multinomial logit model the factors that drive credit receivers to choose one source of credit over the others. The results suggest that governmental credit programs have been successful in providing wi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Vasco, Cristian, Tasambay Salazar, Angélica María, Herrera, Byron, Tamayo, Grace
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Ecuador
Institución:Universidad Estatal Amazónica
Repositorio:Revista Amazónica. Ciencia y Tecnología
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs_revista.www.uea.edu.ec:article/21
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.uea.edu.ec/index.php/racyt/article/view/21
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fuentes de crédito
crédito formal
crédito informal
rural
usuarios de crédito
Credit sources
formal credit
informal credit
credit users
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Sumario:This paper analyzes the demographic characteristics of Ecuadorian credit receivers. By means of a multinomial logit model the factors that drive credit receivers to choose one source of credit over the others. The results suggest that governmental credit programs have been successful in providing with credit to population segments (women, ethnic minorities, small-scale farmers) normally excluded by other sources of credit (private banks and cooperatives). Nevertheless, the poorest segment of the population still has in the informal credit (chulqueros) its only accessible source of credit.