Precautionary Saving, Credit Constraints, and Irreversible Investment: Theory and Evidence from Semiarid India.

This paper investigates the extent to which poor households are discouraged from making a nondivisible but profitable investment. Using data on irrigation wells in India, the authors estimate the parameters of a structural model of irreversible investment. Results show that poor farmers fail to unde...

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Autors principals: Fafchamps, M, Pender, J
Format: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicat: 1997

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