This research is part of the project “Role of Small-Scale Finance in Rural Development: Rural Finance and Microfinance” undertaken at the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO). We are grateful to an anonymous referee for invaluable comments. We are also indebted to, among others, Afmad Efendi, Sabita Maharja, Subi Alwi, Risidianto, Tadianto Saputro, Alfan Vahad, and Dedy Aryanto for their help in field surveys. The opinions expressed in this paper are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not reflect those of IDE-JETRO.
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MICROFINANCE PENETRATION AND ITS INFLUENCE ON CREDIT CHOICE IN INDONESIA: EVIDENCE FROM A HOUSEHOLD PANEL SURVEY
Article first published online: 11 MAR 2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1049.2010.00100.x
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The Developing Economies
Special Issue: THE ROLE OF MICROFINANCE IN RURAL FINANCE: EVIDENCE FROM INDIA AND INDONESIA
Volume 48, Issue 1, pages 102–127, March 2010
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TSUKADA, K., HIGASHIKATA, T. and TAKAHASHI, K. (2010), MICROFINANCE PENETRATION AND ITS INFLUENCE ON CREDIT CHOICE IN INDONESIA: EVIDENCE FROM A HOUSEHOLD PANEL SURVEY. The Developing Economies, 48: 102–127. doi: 10.1111/j.1746-1049.2010.00100.x
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- Issue published online: 11 MAR 2010
- Article first published online: 11 MAR 2010
- First version received April 2009; final version accepted November 2009
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Keywords:
- Microfinance;
- Credit choice;
- Mixed logit;
- Indonesia
- G21;
- O16;
- O17
This paper studies empirical determinants of how heterogeneous households are matched to different types of loan products in a credit market in Indonesia. A unique situation arose when a microfinance institution launched operations in our survey area during the survey period, and we utilized its market entry for conducting mixed logit analysis of households’ credit choices. Time-varying choice sets help us identify parameters regarding preferences for various credit attributes. Our results show that the new availability of small-scale loans without collateral requirement greatly increases households’ probability of obtaining credit overall. Households in self-employed business prefer formal credit as a stable financing source but are impeded in receiving it when they locate in a rural area, probably because of large transaction costs. The poorest households, however, might not be able to exploit new credit opportunities as much as richer households, even if the scale of credit is very small.