Cynthia Kinnan

Northwestern University - Department of Economics

2003 Sheridan Road

Evanston, IL 60208

United States

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The Miracle of Microfinance? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation

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The Miracle of Microfinance? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 13-09
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 14 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2013
Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Rachel Glennerster and Cynthia Kinnan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Department of Economics and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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The Miracle of Microfinance? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation

NBER Working Paper No. w18950
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 11 May 2013 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2023
Esther Duflo, Abhijit V. Banerjee, Rachel Glennerster and Cynthia Kinnan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Do Credit Constraints Limit Entrepreneurship? Heterogeneity in the Returns to Microfinance

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 17-104
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 19 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2020
Abhijit V. Banerjee, Emily Breza, Esther Duflo and Cynthia Kinnan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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microfinance, entrepreneurship, social networks

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Changes in Social Network Structure in Response to Exposure to Formal Credit Markets

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Changes in Social Network Structure in Response to Exposure to Formal Credit Markets

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 24 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 19 Jul 2022
Abhijit V. Banerjee, Emily Breza, Arun G. Chandrasekhar, Esther Duflo, Matthew O. Jackson and Cynthia Kinnan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard University, Stanford University - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Stanford University - Department of Economics and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Social Networks, Network Change, Network Formation, Network Evolution, Microfinance, Market Exposure, Favor Exchange, Social Capital

Changes in Social Network Structure in Response to Exposure to Formal Credit Markets

NBER Working Paper No. w28365
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 27 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2023
Abhijit V. Banerjee, Emily Breza, Arun G. Chandrasekhar, Esther Duflo, Matthew O. Jackson and Cynthia Kinnan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard University, Stanford University - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Stanford University - Department of Economics and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Effect of Health Insurance in India: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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Effect of Health Insurance in India: A Randomized Controlled Trial

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2021-146
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 27 Dec 2021
Anup Malani, Phoebe Holtzman, Kosuke Imai, Cynthia Kinnan, Morgen Miller, Shailender Swaminathan, Alessandra Voena, Bartosz Woda and Gabriella Conti
University of Chicago - Law School, Jones Lang LaSalle, Princeton University - Center for Statistics and Machine Learning, Northwestern University - Department of Economics, University of Chicago, University of Alabama at Birmingham - School of Public Health, University of Chicago, University of Chicago - Law School and University College London
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Can Microfinance Unlock a Poverty Trap for Some Entrepreneurs?

NBER Working Paper No. w26346
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 07 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2023
Abhijit V. Banerjee, Emily Breza, Esther Duflo and Cynthia Kinnan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Measuring the Equilibrium Impacts of Credit: Evidence from the Indian Microfinance Crisis

NBER Working Paper No. w24329
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 21 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 24 Jun 2023
Emily Breza and Cynthia Kinnan
Harvard University and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Social Networks as Contract Enforcement: Evidence from a Lab Experiment in the Field

NBER Working Paper No. w20259
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 30 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 11 May 2023
Arun G. Chandrasekhar, Cynthia Kinnan and Horacio Larreguy
Stanford University - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Department of Economics and ITAM
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Relaxing Migration Constraints for Rural Households

NBER Working Paper No. w21314
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 06 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2023
Cynthia Kinnan, Shing-Yi B. Wang and Yongxiang Wang
Northwestern University - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
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Propagation and Insurance in Village Networks

NBER Working Paper No. w28089
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 16 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2023
Cynthia Kinnan, Krislert Samphantharak, Robert M. Townsend and Diego Vera Cossio
Northwestern University - Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego - School of Global Policy and Strategy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Inter-American Development Bank
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