Contents
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Introduction
Part I: Credit and Banking Services and the Fringe
Chapter 2: Fringe Banking and the Rise of Payday Lending
Chapter 3: Online Banking and the Poor
Part II: Borrowing with Collateral: Legal Institutions and Default
Chapter 4: Mortgage Debt, Bankruptcy, and the Sustainability of Homeownership
Chapter 5: Legal Institutions, Credit Markets, and Poverty in Italy
Part III: Small Business Loans: Borrowing Together or Borrowing Alone?
Chapter 6: Financing Disadvantaged Firms
Chapter 7: Networks and Finance in Ethnic Neighborhoods
Chapter 8: Microcredit Repayment Insurance: Better for the Poor, Better for the Institution
Chapter 9: Can Microcredit Reduce Poverty? The Effect of the Loan Contract on Loan Size
Part IV: Inequality and Credit Markets
Chapter 10: Inequality and Credit Markets:An Introduction to Political Economy Perspectives
Index