Working Papers

The work in progress conducted by researchers at CERMi is published in working paper format in the collections of the Centre Emile Bernheim de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Gestion and the Warocqué School of Business and Economics.

CEBRIG Working Papers

Warocqué School of Business and Economics Publications


CERMi members are indicated by a star (*) after their name. 

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2022

WP CEBRIG

S. CORNEE*, A. COZARENCO*, A. SZAFARZ*

The Changing Role of Banks in the Financial System: Social versus Conventional Banks

WP-CEBRIG: N°22-002

A. COZARENCO*, V. HARTARSKA*, A. SZAFARZ*

Subsidies to microfinance institutions: How do they affect cost efficiency and mission drift?

WP-CEBRIG: N°22-001


2021

WP CEBRIG

P. REICHERT, M. HUDON*, A. SZAFARZ* & R.K CHRISTENSEN

Crowding-In or Crowding-Out? How Subsidies Signal the Path to Financial Independence of Social Enterprises

WP-CEBRIG: N°21-014

A. PERILLEUX* & A. SZAFARZ*

Women in the boardroom: A bottom-up approach to the tickle-down effect

WP-CEBRIG: N°21-005

G. DORFLEITNER*, D. FORCELLA* and Q. ANH NGUYEN

Why microfinance institutions go digital: An empirical analysis

WP-CEBRIG: N°21-003

M. BRIÈRE and A. SZAFARZ*

When it Rains, it Pours: Multifactor Asset Management in Good and Bad Times

WP-CEBRIG: N°21-002 

S. CORNÉE*, M. JEGERS and A. SZAFARZ*

Feasible Institutions of Social Finance: A Taxonomy

WP-CEBRIG: N°21-001


  2020

WP CEB

A. COZARENCO* and A. SZAFARZ* 

The Regulation of Prosocial Lending: Are Loan Ceilings Effective?

WP-CEBRIG: N°20-012

D. NAJMAEI LONBANI and B. DE ROCK

The performance of microfinance institutions: An analysis of the local and legal constraints

WP-CEBRIG: N°20-011

GUERIN* I., S. MICHIELS, A. NATAL, C. JALIL NORDMAN and G. VENKATASUBRAMANIAN

Surviving debt, survival debt in times of lockdown

WP-CEBRIG: N°20-009

GAFNI H., M. HUDON* and A. PERILLEUX*

Business or basic needs ?The impact of loan purpose on social crowdfunding platforms

WP-CEBRIG: N°20-008

A. COZARENCO* and A. SZAFARZ* 

Financial Inclusion in High-Income Countries: Gender Gap or Poverty Trap ?

WP-CEBRIG: N°20-006

A. PERILLEUX* and A. SZAFARZ* 

Women Leaders and Social Performance: Evidence from Financial Cooperatives in Senegal

 PostPrintCEB025

C. VARENDH-MANSSON, T. WRY and A. SZAFARZ* 

Anchors Aweigh? Then Time to Head Upstream Why we Need to Theorize “Mission” before “Drift”

 PostPrintCEB024


2019

WP CEB

M. ABRAMOWICZ & A. SZAFARZ*

Ethics of Randomized Controlled Trials: Should Economists Care about Equipoise?

WP-CEB: N°19-017

I. GUERIN*, C. NORDMAN and E. REBOUL

The gender of debt and the financialisation of development. Insights from rural southern India

WP-CEB: N°19-016

REBOUL E., I. GUERIN*, A. RAJ and G. VENKATASUBRAMANIA

Managing Economic Volatility. A Gender Perspective

WP-CEB: N°19-015

HUDON* M., M. LABIE* and A. SZAFARZ*

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… How microfinance evolved and how research followed,”

               WP-CEB: N°19-013

NYA TCHATCHOUA M., I. PIGNATEL and H. TCHAKOUTE TCHUIGOUA*

What type of microfinance institutions comply with International Financial Reporting Standards?,”

               WP-CEB: N°19-012

HUDON* M., M. LABIE* and A. SZAFARZ*

The Microfinance Alphabet

               WP-CEB: N°19-011

MERSLAND* R., S. ANOKYE NYARKO* and A. SZAFARZ*

Do Social Enterprises Walk the Talk? Assessing Microfinance Performances with Mission Statements

               WP-CEB: N°19-008

GUTIÉRREZ-NIETO* B. and C. SERRANO-CINCA

20 Years of Research in Microfinance: An Information Management Approach

               WP-CEB: N°19-005

COZARENCO* A., V. HARTARSKA and A. SZAFARZ*

Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth: The Conflicting Impacts of Subsidies and Deposits on the Cost-Efficiency of Microfinance Institutions

               WP-CEB: N°19-001


2018

HERMES* N. and M. HUDON*

Determinants of the Performance of Microfinance Institutions: A Systematic Review

               WP-CEB: N°18-024

MEYER* C. and M. HUDON*

Money and the Commons: An Investigation of Complementary Currencies and their Ethical Implications

               WP-CEB: N°18-019

MORDUCH J. and A. SZAFARZ*

Earning to Give: Occupational Choice for Effective Altruists

               WP-CEB: N°18-017

CORNÉE* S., M. JEGERS, and A. SZAFARZ*

A Theory of Social Finance

               WP-CEB: N°18-010


2017

LAURETI* C., A. DE JANVRY, and E. SADOULET

Flexible Microfinance Products for Financial Management by the Poor: Evidence from SafeSave

               WP-CEB: N°17-036

GLÉMAIN* P.

Advocacy for a History of Thought and Organizations in Social Banking in France (SSE)

               WP-CEB: N°17-032

LAURETI* C. and A. SZAFARZ*

Behavioral Banking: A Theory of the Banking Firm with Time-Inconsistent Depositors

               WP-CEB: N°17-028

CORNÉE* S., P. KALMI, and A. SZAFARZ*

How Costly is Social Screening? Evidence from the Banking Industry

               WP-CEB: N°17-026

HUDON* M., M. LABIE*, and P. REICHERT*

What is a Fair Profit for Social Enterprise? Insights from Microfinance

               WP-CEB: N°17-024

MEYER* C. and M. HUDON*

Alternative organizations in finance: commoning in complementary currencies

               WP-CEB: N°17-015

DE PRIL J. and C. GODFROID*

How to Reconcile Financial Incentives and Prosocial Motivation of Loan Officers in Microfinance?

               WP-CEB: N°17-011

GARIKIPATI* S., I. GUÉRIN*, S. JOHNSON*, and A. SZAFARZ*

Microfinance and Gender: Issues, Challenges and the Road Ahead

               WP-CEB: N°17-010

LAURETI* C.

Why do Poor People Co-hold Debt and Liquid Savings?

               WP-CEB: N°17-007

ARTIS A. and S. CORNÉE*

Composition, Interpretation and Memorisation of the Idiosyncratic Knowledge in Social Banking

               WP-CEB: N°17-002


2016

PASCAL D., L. ATLE BEISLAND, and R. MERSLAND*

The origin of CEOs and its influence on microfinance performance and risk-taking

               WP-CEB: N°16-046

MERSLAND* R., D. PASCAL, and L. ATLE BEISLAND

The influence of CEO power on agency costs in non-profit organisations: evidence from the global microfinance industry

               WP-CEB: N°16-045

D’ESPALLIER* B., J. GOEDECKE, M. HUDON*, and R. MERSLAND*

From NGOs to banks: Does institutional transformation alter the business model of microfinance institutions?

               WP-CEB: N°16-029

COZARENCO* A. and A. SZAFARZ*

Microcredit in Industrialized Countries: Unexpected Consequences of Regulatory Loan Ceilings

               WP-CEB: N°16-021

STROM R.O., B. D’ESPALLIER*, and R. MERSLAND*

Female leaders and financial inclusion: Evidence from microfinance institutions

               WP-CEB: N°16-019

FORCELLA* D. and F. HUYBRECHS

Green Microfinance and Ecosystem Services – A quantitative study on outcomes and effectiveness

               WP-CEB: N°16-018

D’ESPALLIER* B., M. HUDON*, and A. SZAFARZ*

Aid Volatility and Social Performance in Microfinance

               WP-CEB: N°16-015

AFONSO J., S. MORVANT-ROUX*, D. FORCELLA*, and I. GUÉRIN*

Insufficiencies and loopholes of self- regulation in overindebtedness prevention: The case of the Dominican Republic

               WP-CEB: N°16-014

LAURETI* C. and A. SZAFARZ*

The Price of Deposit Liquidity: Banks versus Microfinance Institutions

               WP-CEB: N°16-013

FORCELLA* D., R. MOSER, and L.E. GONZALES FARIAS

Rural Microfinance and Climate Change: Geographical Credits Allocation and Vulnerability. An Analysis of Agroamigo in Brazil’s Northeastern States

               WP-CEB: N°16-011

MOSER R., D. FORCELLA*, and L.E. GONZALES FARIAS

Microfinance and climate change: threats and opportunities, the case of Brazil’s largest rural MFIs, Agroamigo and Cresol

               WP-CEB: N°16-010

FORCELLA* D. and G. LUCHESCHI

Microfinance and ecosystems conservation – How green microfinance interacts with Socio-Ecological systems Lessons from Proyecto CAMBio in Nicaragua and Guatemala

               WP-CEB: N°16-008

COZARENCO* A., M. HUDON*, and A. SZAFARZ*

What Type of Microfinance Institutions Supply Savings Products?

               WP-CEB: N°16-007

REICHERT* P.

A meta-analysis examining the nature of trade-offs in microfinance

               WP-CEB: N°16-005

PÉRILLEUX* A., A. VANROOSE*, and B. D’ESPALLIER*

Are financial cooperatives crowded out by commercial banks in the process of financial sector development?

               WP-CEB: N°16-002


2015

SEKKAT K., A. SZAFARZ*, and I. TOJEROW

Women at the Top in Developing Countries: Evidence from Firm-Level Data

               WP-CEB: N°15-048

CORNÉE* S., P. KALMI, and A. SZAFARZ*

Selectivity and Transparency in Social Banking: Evidence from Europe

               WP-CEB: N°15-047

CORNÉE* S. 

The Relevance of Soft Information for Predicting Small Business Credit Default: Evidence from a Social Bank

               WP-CEB: N°15-044

CORNÉE* S. and G. THENET

Efficience des institutions de microfinance en Bolivie et au Pérou : une approche Data Envelopment Analysis en deux étapes

               WP-CEB: N°15-040

POSTELNICU* L. and N. HERMES*

Microfinance Performance and Informal Institutions: A Cross-country Analysis

               WP-CEB: N°15-032

BOURLÈS R., A. COZARENCO*, D. HENRIET, and X. JOUTARD

Business Training Allocation and Credit Scoring: Theory and Evidence from Microcredit in France

               WP-CEB: N°15-030

COZARENCO* A.

Microfinance Institutions and Banks in Europe: The story to date

               WP-CEB: N°15-027

WULLEMAN M. and M. HUDON*

Models of social entrepreneurship: empirical evidence from Mexico

               WP-CEB: N°15-024

POSTELNICU* L., N. HERMES*, and R. SERVIN JUAREZ

Social Capital and the Repayment of Microfinance Group Lending. A Case Study of Pro Mujer Mexico

               WP-CEB: N°15-023

PÉRILLEUX* A. and A. SZAFARZ*

Women Leaders and Social Performance: Evidence from Financial Cooperatives in Senegal

               WP-CEB: N°15-022

LAURETI* C.

The Debt Puzzle in Dhaka’s Slums: Do Poor People Co-hold for Liquidity Needs?

               WP-CEB: N°15-021

LABIE* M., C. LAURETI*, and A. SZAFARZ*

Discipline and Flexibility: A Behavioral Perspective on Product Design in Microfinance

               WP-CEB: N°15-020

CIESLIK* K., M. HUDON*, and P. VERWIMP

Unruly Entrepreneurs – Value Creation and Value Capture by Microfinance Clients in Rural Burundi

               WP-CEB: N°15-013

MICHEL A. and M. HUDON*

Community Currencies and Sustainable Development: A Systematic Review

               WP-CEB: N°15-012

BÉDÉCARRATS F., I. GUÉRIN*, and F. ROUBAUD

The gold standard for randomised evaluations: from discussion of method to political economics

               WP-CEB: N°15-009

COZARENCO* A. and A. SZAFARZ*

Gender Biases in Bank Lending: Lessons from Microcredit in France

               WP-CEB: N°15-006


2014

 VANROOSE* A.

Factors that explain the regional expansion of microfinance institutions in Peru

               WP-CEB: N°14-030

LAURETI* C. and A. SZAFARZ*

The Liquidity Premium: Commercial Banks versus Microfinance Institutions

               WP-CEB: N°14-029

BRIÈRE M. and A. SZAFARZ*

Does Commercial Microfinance Belong to the Financial Sector? Lessons from the Stock Market

               WP-CEB: N°14-024

FORCELLA* D. and M. HUDON*

Green Microfinance in Europe

               WP-CEB: N°14-020

PERILLEUX* A. and A. SZAFARZ*

Women Leaders and Social Performance: Evidence from Financial Cooperatives in Senegal

               WP-CEB: N°14-016

COZARENCO* A. and A. SZAFARZ*

Microcredit in Developed Countries: Unexpected Consequences of Loan Ceilings

               WP-CEB: N°14-015

LAURETI* C. and A. SZAFARZ*

Having it Both Ways: A Theory of the Banking Firm with Time-Consistent and Time-Inconsistent Depositors

               WP-CEB: N°14-011

LEBOVICS M., N. HERMES*, and M. HUDON*

Are Financial and Social Efficiency Mutually Exclusive? A Case Study of Vietnamese Microfinance Institutions

               WP-CEB: N°14-009

CORSI* M. and G. ZACCHIA

Women Economists in Italy: A Bibliometric Analysis of their Scientific Production in the Past Decade

WP-CEB: N°14-008

GARIKIPATI* S., I. AGIER*, I. GUÉRIN*, and A. SZAFARZ*

The Cost of Empowerment: Multiple Sources of Women’s Debt in Rural India

WP-CEB: N°14-007

CORNÉE* S.

Soft Information and Default Prediction in Cooperative and Social Banks

WP-CEB: N°14-005


2013

DUMONT G. and M. SCHMIT*

Tier 1 MFIs Financial Performance: Cash-Flow Statement Analysis

WP-CEB: N°13-054

POSTELNICU* L., N. HERMES*  and  A. SZAFARZ*

Defining Social Collateral in Microfinance Group Lending

WP-CEB: N°13-050

HUDON* M., and C.MEYER*

Microfinance and Common Goods: A Study of Brazilian Community Development Banks”

WP-CEB: N°13-049

ASHTA* A.

“Business Cooperatives as a Social Response to Unemployment”

WP-CEB: N°13-048

ASHTA* A.

“An Introduction to Slow Money and its Gandhian Roots”

WP-CEB: N°13-047

ASHTA* A.

“Microfinance and Microentrepreneurship: Case Studies in Social Innovation”

WP-CEB: N°13-046

CORSI* M., M. DE ANGELIS and P. MONTALBANO

The Gender Impact of Microfinance: The Case of Wekembe in Uganda

WP-CEB: N°13-045

 LABIE* M., C. LAURETI* and A.SZAFARZ*

Flexible Products in Microfinance: Overcoming the Demand-Supply Mismatch

WP-CEB: N°13-044

 HOSEA MUNISI G. and R. MERSLAND* 

Ownership, board compensation and company performance in sub-Saharan African countries

WP-CEB: N°13-041

COZARENCO* A. and A. SZAFARZ*

“Women’s Access to Credit in France: How Microfinance Institutions Import Disparate Treatment from Banks”

WP-CEB: N°13-037

HUDON* M. and A. PERILLEUX*

“What Explains Microfinance Distribution Surplus? A Stakeholder-oriented Approach”

 CERMi-WP

DEHEM T. and M. HUDON*

“Microfinance from the Clients’ Perspective: An Empirical Enquiry into Transaction Costs in Urban Rural India”

CERMi-WP

HUDON* M. and A. ASHTA*

“Fairness and microcredit interest rates: From Rawlsian principles of justice to the distribution of the bargaining range”

CERMi-WP

PERILLEUX* A., E. BLOY and M. HUDON*

“Surplus Distribution in Microfinance: Differences Among Cooperative, Non-profit and Shareholder Forms of Ownership”

 CERMi-WP

  GUÉRIN* I., B. D’ESPALLIER* and G. VENKATASUBRAMANIAN

Why Does Microfinance Fail in Rural South-India? The Social Regulation of Self-Employment

WP-CEB: N°13-034

 CORSI* M. and C. D’IPPOLITI

Class and Gender in Europe, Before and During the Economic Crisis

WP-CEB: N°13-027

CORNÉE* S. and D. MASCLET

Long-Term Relationships, Group lending and Peer Sanctioning in Microfinance: New Experimental Evidence

WP-CEB: N°13-026

SEPAHVAND M., R. Shahbazian and R. Bali Swain*

Time Investment by Parents in Cognitive and Non-cognitive Childcare Activities

WP: 2013:10 (Uppsala University)

BOURLÈS R. and A. COZARENCO*

State Intervention and the (Micro)Credit Market in Developed Countries: Loan Guarantee and Business Development Services

WP-CEB: N°13-019

KLOPFERT F., O. MORTEHAN, H. JOACHAIN* and C. LHOIR

Smart City Block: A New Level of Intervention for City Renovation and Reducing Energy Consumption

WP-CEB: N°13-017

SERRANO-CINCA C., B. GUTIÉRREZ-NIETO* and N. M. REYES

“A Social Approach to Microfinance Credit Scoring”

WP-CEB: N°13-013

D’ESPALLIER* B., M. HUDON* and A. SZAFARZ*

Unsubsidized Microfinance Institutions

WP-CEB: N°13-012

DAVID G., K. OOSTERLINCK and A. SZAFARZ*

Art Market Inefficiency

WP-CEB: N°13-011

JOACHAIN* H. and F. KLOPFERT

Smart Meters as an Opportunity to Motivate Households for Energy Savings? Designing Innovative Policy Instruments Based on the Coupling of Smart Meters and Non-Financial Incentives

WP-CEB: N°13-008

ALLET* M. and M. HUDON*

Green Microfinance. Characteristics of Microfinance Institutions Involved in Environmental Management

WP-CEB: N°13-005

CORSI* M. and M. SAMEK LODOVICI

Active Ageing and Gender Equality

WP-CEB: N°13-004

SERRANO-CINCA C., B. GUTIÉRREZ-NIETO*, B. CUÉLLAR FERNÁNDEZ and Y. FUERTES-CALLÉN

Poverty Penalty and Microfinance

WP-CEB: N°13-29

BERNAL DIAZ O., A. HERINCKX and A. SZAFARZ*

Which Short-Selling Regulation is the Least Damaging to Market Efficiency? Evidence from Europe

WP-CEB: N°13-001

BRIÈRE M., K. OOSTERLINCK and A. SZAFARZ*

Virtual Currency, Tangible Return: Portfolio Diversification with Bitcoins

WP-CEB: N°13-31


2012

LAURETI* C. and A. SZAFARZ*

The Time-Inconsistency Factor: How Banks Adapt to their Mix of Savers

WP-CEB: N°12-35

BEISLAND L.A., R. MERSLAND*, and R.O. STRØM

Audit Quality and Corporate Governance: Evidence from the Microfinance Industry

WP-CEB: N°12-034

POSTELNICU* L.

Social Capital and Repayment Performance of Group Lending in Microfinance

WP-CEB: N°12-032

CUÉLLAR FERNÁNDEZ B., Y. FUERTES-CALLÉN, C. SERRANO-CINCA, and B. GUTIÉRREZ-NIETO*

Determinants of Margin in Microfinance Institutions

WP-CEB: N°12-030

CORNÉE* S. and A. SZAFARZ*

Vive la Différence: Social Banks and Reciprocity in the Credit Market

WP-CEB: N°12-029

BOTTI F., M. CORSI*, and C. D’IPPOLITI

“The Gendered Nature of Multidimensional Poverty in the European Union”

WP-CEB: N°12-026
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-128772.html

DE CORTE J.-M., M. LABIE*, L. URGEGHE*, and J.-C. VANSNICK

“Microfinance Investment Vehicles and Social Performance: Moving forward with the MACBETH Approach”

WP-CEB: N°12-025
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-128723.html

ALLET* M.

“Mitigating environmental risks in small-scale activities: what role for microfinance? A case study from El Salvador “

WP-CEB: N°12-021
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-123289.html

SCHICKS* J.

“Over-Indebtedness in Microfinance – An Empirical Analysis of Related Factors on the Borrower Level”

WP-CEB: N°12-017
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-116700.html

ALLET* M.

“Why Do Microfinance Institutions Go Green?”

WP-CEB: N°12-015
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-115102.html

SCHICKS* J.

“The sacrifices of microborrowers in Ghana – A customer-protection perspective on measuring over-indebtedness”

WP-CEB: N°12-008
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-112507.html

SERRANO-CINCA C. AND B. GUTIERREZ-NIETO*

“Microfinance, the long tail and mission drift”

WP-CEB: N°12-001
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-107018.html


2011

HUDON* M. and A. PÉRILLEUX*

“Performance Management of Double Bottom Line Institutions: Evidence from Banco Compatamo’s Productivity Distribution”

WP-CEB: N°11-056
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-104631.html

MERSLAND* R. and L. URGEGHE*

“Performance and International Investments in Microfinance Institutions”

WP-CEB: N°11-054
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-103401.html

BRIÈRE M. and A. SZAFARZ*

“Investment in Microfinance Equity: Risk, Return, and Diversification Benefits”

WP-CEB: N°11-050
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-100398.html

SCHICKS* J.

“From a supply gap to a demand gap? The risk and consequences of over-indebting the underbanked”

WP-CEB: N°11-046
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-99192.html

ALLET* M.

“Measuring the Environmental Performance of Microfinance”

WP-CEB: N°11-045
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-98806.html

HAMP M. and C. LAURETI*

“Balancing Flexibility and Discipline in Microfinance: Innovative Financial Products that Benefit Clients and Service Providers”

WP-CEB: N°11-044
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-98728.html

AGIER* I., I. GUÉRIN*, and A. SZAFARZ*

“Child Gender and Parental Borrowing: Evidence from India”

WP-CEB: N°11-038
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-97214.html

BOTTI F. and M. CORSI*

“Measuring the Social Performance of Microfinance in Europe”

WP-CEB: N°11-037
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-97213.html

BLOY E., J. ERNULT, M. HUDON, and A. PÉRILLEUX*

“Surplus et responsabilité sociale en microfinance : Etude de cas d’institutions péruviennes”

WP-CEB: N°11-036
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-97123.html

GARIKIPATI* S.

“Microcredit and Women’s Empowerment: Through the Lens of Time Use Data from Rural India”

WP-CEB: N°11-034
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-96915.html

SCHICKS* J.

“The Over-indebtedness of Microborrowers in Ghana – An Empirical Study from a Customer Protection Perspective”

CERMi WP – Schicks J. – August 2011
http://www.cermi.eu/documents/CERMi_WP_-_Schicks_J._-_August_2011.pdf

GUTIÉRREZ-NIETO* B., C. SERRANO-CINCA, and J. CAMÓN-CALA

“A Credit Score System for Socially Responsible Lending”

WP-CEB: N°11-028
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-92109.html

SERRANO-CINCA C. and B. GUTIÉRREZ-NIETO*

“Partial Least Square Discriminant Analysis (PLS-DA) for Bankruptcy Prediction”

WP-CEB: N°11-024
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-90696.html

HUDON* M. and J. SANDBERG*

“Towards a Theory of Fair Interest Rates on Microcredit”

WP-CEB: N°11-019
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-88905.html

SUKADI MATA* R.

“Do Migrants’ Deposits Reduce Microfinance Institutions’ Liquidity Risk?”

WP-CEB: N°11-017
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-87913.html

AGIER* I. and A. SZAFARZ*

“Subjectivity in Credit Allocation to Micro-Entrepreneurs: Evidence from Brazil”

WP-CEB: N°11-016
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-86108.html

ARMENDARIZ* B., B. D’ESPALLIER*, M. HUDON*, and A. SZAFARZ*

“Subsidy Uncertainty and Microfinance Mission Drift”

WP-CEB: N°11-014
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-83742.html

ROSSEL-CAMBIER* K.

“Is Combined Microfinance an Instrument to enhance Sustainable Pro-Poor Public Policy Outcomes?”

WP-CEB: N°11-013
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-81986.html

AGIER* I., I. GUÉRIN*, and A. SZAFARZ*

“Child Gender and Parental Borrowing: Evidence from India”

Working Paper Series – SSRN
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1792872

BRIERE M. and A. SZAFARZ*

“Investment in Microfinance Equity: Risk, Return, and Diversification Benefits”

Working Paper Series – SSRN
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1776451

BRIERE M., B. DRUT, V. MIGNON, K. OOSTERLINCK, and A. SZAFARZ*

“Assessing Portfolio Efficiency Tests: Theory, Simulations, and Applications”

Working Paper Series – SSRN
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1780514

BEISLAND L.A. and R. MERSLAND*

“Do microfinance rating assessments make sense? An analysis of the drivers of the MFI ratings”

WP-CEB: N°11-009
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-78918.html

ROSSEL-CAMBIER* K.

“Understanding the Dynamics of Product Diversification on Microfinance Performance Outcomes: A Case Study in Barbados”

WP-CEB: N°11-008
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-78912.html

SERRANO-CINCA C., Y. FUERTES-CALLÉN, B. GUTIÉRREZ-NIETO*, and B. CUÉLLAR-FERNÁNDEZ

“Path modeling to bankruptcy: causes and symptoms of the banking crisis”

WP-CEB: N°11-007
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-78756.html

DE SCHEEMAEKERE X. and A. SZAFARZ*

“The Inference Fallacy From Bernoulli to Kolmogorov”

WP-CEB: N°11-006
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-77259.html

AGIER* I. and A. SZAFARZ*

“Credit to Women Entrepreneurs: The Curse of the Trustworthier Sex”

WP-CEB: N°11-005
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-76871.html
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1718574


2010

AGIER* I. and A. SZAFARZ*

“Credit Officers and Loan Granting in Microfinance: Brazilian Evidence”

Working Paper Series – SSRN
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1729234

ARMENDÁRIZ* B., B. D’ESPALLIER*, M. HUDON*, and A. SZAFARZ*

“Subsidy Uncertainty and Microfinance Mission Drift”

Working Paper Series – SSRN
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1731265

AGIER* I. and A. SZAFARZ*

“Microfinance and Gender: Is There a Glass Ceiling in Loan Size?”

Working Paper Series – SSRN
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1573872

ROSSEL-CAMBIER* K.

“Do Multiple Financial Services Enhance the Poverty Outreach of Microfinance Institutions?”

WP-CEB: N°10-058
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-70368.html

ROSSEL-CAMBIER* K.

“Can combining credit with insurance or savings enhance the sustainability of microfinance institutions?”

WP-CEB: N°10-057
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-70367.html

GUÉRIN* I., S. KUMAR, and I. AGIER*

“Microfinance and Women’s Empowerment: Do Relationships Between Women Matter? Lessons from rural Southern India”

WP-CEB: N°10-053
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-68292.html

SZAFARZ* A.

“Financial Crises in Efficient Markets: How Fundamentalists Fuel Volatility”

WP-CEB: N°10-052
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-67769.html
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1689723

SERRANO-CINCA C. and B. GUTIÉRREZ-NIETO*

“A decision support system for financial and social investment”

WP-CEB: N°10-049
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-65702.html

SCHICKS* J.

“Microfinance Over-Indebtedness: Understanding its drivers and challenging the common myths”

WP-CEB: N°10-048
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-64675.html

AGIER* I. and A. SZAFARZ*

“Microfinance and Gender: Is There a Glass Ceiling in Loan Size?”

WP-CEB: N°10-047
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-64289.html

PÉRILLEUX* A. and M. HUDON*

“What Explains Microfinance Distribution Surplus? A Stakeholder-oriented Approach”

WP-CEB: N°10-045
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-63716.html

SUKADI MATA* R.

“Diversification of Microfinance Institutions: Determinants for Entering the Remittances Market”

WP-CEB: N°10-043
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-62370.html

TCHAKOUTE TCHUIGOUA* H.

“Microfinance Institutions Performance. What Matters about the Interaction of Location and Legal Status?”

WP-CEB: N°10-038
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-61015.html

PÉRILLEUX* A., E. BLOY, and M. HUDON*

“Productivity Surplus Distribution in Microfinance: Does Ownership Matter?”

WP-CEB: N°10-036
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-60442.html

GARIKIPATI* S.

“Microcredit and Women’s Empowerment: Have We Been Looking at the Wrong Indicators?”

WP-CEB: N°10-030
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-57623.html

AUGSBURG* B.

” Using Expectation Data to Model Expected Income and Expenditures in Rural India”

WP-CEB: N°10-029
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-57622.html

COPESTAKE* J.

“Microfinance and development finance in India: research implications”

WP-CEB: N°10-028
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-57621.html

SCHMIT* M. and LIN-SYA CHAO

“Managing Growth Risk: Lessons from the Current Crisis”

WP-CEB: N°10-027
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-57619.html

TCHAKOUTE TCHUIGOUA* H.

“L’influence des mécanismes de gouvernance sur la performance des institutions de microfinance d’Afrique Sub-saharienne”

WP-CEB: N°10-026
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-57619.html

ROSSEL CAMBIER* K. and L. ROMAGNOLI

“Status of Social Investment in Children in the Eastern Caribbean – An Overview”

WP-CEB: N°10-022

BOTTI F. and M. CORSI*

“A Social Performance Analysis of Italian Microfinance”

WP-CEB: N°10-020
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/10-020.html

DORFLEITNER* G. and C. PRIBERNY

“Perspectives and a Quantitative Model for Structured Microfinance”

WP-CEB: N°10-015
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/10-015.html

DORFLEITNER* G., M. LEIDL, and J. REEDER

“Theory of Social Returns in Portfolio Choice with Application to Microfinance”

WP-CEB: N°10-014
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/10-014.html

GHEERAERT L., R. SUKADI*, and D. TRAÇA

“Remittances and Domestic Investment in Developing Countries: An Analysis of the Role of Financial Sector Development”

WP-CEB: N°10-013
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/10-013.html

NAWAZ A.

“Issues in Subsidies and Sustainability of Microfinance: An Empirical Investigation”

WP-CEB: N°10-010
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/10-010.html

NAWAZ A.

“Efficiency and Productivity of Microfinance: Incorporating the Role of Subsidies”

WP-CEB: N°10-009
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/10-009.html

NAWAZ A.

“Performance of Microfinance: The Role of Subsidies”

WP-CEB: N°10-008
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/10-008.html

LABIE* M., P.-G. MÉON, R. MERSLAND*, and A. SZAFARZ*

“Discrimination by Microcredit Officers: Theory and Evidence on Disability in Uganda” WP-CEB: N°10-007
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/10-007.html
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1722122

PÉRILLEUX* A.

“Maturity Mismatch and Governance of Microfinance Cooperatives: Lessons from History”

WP-CEB: N°10-005
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/10-005.html

2009

ASHTA* A. and D. ASSADI

“An Analysis of European Online micro-lending Websites”

WP-CEB: N°09-059
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/09-059.html

ASHTA* A. and S. RAIMBAULT

“Business Perceptions of the new French regime on Auto-Entrepreneurship: a risk-taking step back from socialism”

WP-CEB: N°09-058
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/09-058.html

ALLAIRE V., A. ASHTA*, L. ATTUEL-MENDES, and K. KRISHNASWAMY

“Institutional Analysis to explain the Success of Moroccan Microfinance Institutions”

WP-CEB: N°09-057
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/09-057.html

ASHTA* A. and D. ASSADI

“Does Social Lending incorporate Social Technologies? The use of Web 2.0 Technologies in online P2P lending”

WP-CEB: N°09-056
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/09-056.html

MARREZ H. and M. SCHMIT*

“Credit risk analysis in microcredit: How does gender matter?”

WP-CEB: N°09-053
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/09-053.html

SZAFARZ* A.

“How Did Financial-Crisis-Based Criticisms of Market Efficiency Get It So Wrong?”

WP-CEB: N°09-048
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/09-048.html
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1510444

ARMENDARIZ* B.

“Microfinance for Self-Employment Activities in the European Urban Areas: Contrasting Crédal in Belgium and Adie in France”

WP-CEB: N°09-041
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/09-041.html

VANROOSE* A. and B. D’ESPALLIER*

“Microfinance and Financial Sector Development”

WP-CEB: N°09-040
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/09-040.html

ASHTA* A. and M. HUDON*

“To whom should we be fair? Ethical issues in Balancing Stakeholder Interests from Banco Compartamos Case Study”

WP-CEB: N°09-036
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/09-036.html

SUKADI MATA* R.

“Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) on the Remittances Market: Money Transfer Activity and Savings Mobilisation”

WP-CEB: N°09-022
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/09-022.html

LABIE* M., P-G. MÉON, and A. SZAFARZ*

“Discrimination in Microfinance: The Role of Credit Officers”

WP-CEB: N°09-017
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/09-017.html

ARMENDARIZ* B. and A. SZAFARZ*

“On Mission Drift In Microfinance Institutions”

WP-CEB: N°09-015
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/09-015.html

SEKKAT K. and A. SZAFARZ*

“Valuing Homeownership”

WP-CEB: N°09-006
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/09-006.html

2008

PARKS W. and K. ROSSEL-CAMBIER*

“Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Fit for Children Network – A Concept Note”

WP-CEB: N°08-043
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/08-043.html

VANROOSE* A.

“What macro factors make microfinance institutions reach out?”

WP-CEB: N°08-036
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/08-036.html

VERMORKEN M., A. SZAFARZ*, and H. PIROTTE

“Sector Classification through non-Gaussian Similarity”

WP-CEB: N°08-032
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/08-032.html

DE SCHEEMAEKERE X. and A. SZAFARZ*

“Inverting Bernoulli’s Theorem: The Original Sin”

WP-CEB: N°08-029
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/08-029.html

PÉRILLEUX* A.

“Les coopératives d’épargne et de crédit en microfinance face aux problématiques de gouvernance et de croissance”

WP-CEB: N°08-025
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/08-025.html

NIYONGABO* E.

“Défis du financement agricole et rural, rôle pour la microfinance et implications pour les politiques publiques en Afrique subsaharienne. Pistes de recherche basées sur le cas du Burundi”

WP-CEB: N°08-024
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/08-024.html

MÉON P-G. and A. SZAFARZ*

“Labour market discrimination as an agency cost”

WP-CEB: N°08-019
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/08-019.html

BRIÈRE M., A. CHAPELLE, and A. SZAFARZ*

“No contagion, only globalization and flight to quality”

WP-CEB: N°08-018

DE SCHEEMAEKERE X. and A. SZAFARZ*

“The Special Status of Mathematical Probability: A Historical Sketch”

WP-CEB: N°08-017
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/08-017.html

BERNAL O., K. OOSTERLINCK, and A. SZAFARZ*

“Observing bailout expectations during a total eclipse of the sun”

WP-CEB: N°08-015
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/08-017.html

HUDON* M.

“Norms and Values of the Various Microfinance Institutions”

WP-CEB: N°08-006
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/08-006.html

ROSSEL-CAMBIER* K.

“Combined Micro-Finance: Selected Research Questions from a Stakeholder Point of View”

WP-CEB: N°08-004
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/08-004.html

LABIE* M. and A. PÉRILLEUX*

“Corporate Governance in Microfinance: Credit Unions”

WP-CEB: N°08-003
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/08-003.html

ARMENDARIZ* B. and N. ROOME

“Empowering women via microfinance in fragile states”

WP-CEB: N°08-001
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/08-001.html

2007

CHAPELLE A. and A. SZAFARZ*

“Control Consolidation With a Threshold:An Algorithm “

Working Paper Series – SSRN
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=906456

ROSSEL-CAMBIER* K., T. OLSEN, and N. POURZAND

“Investing in knowledge for evidence-based social policies for children: two case studies of knowledge dissemination initiatives in the Eastern Caribbean”

WP-CEB: N°07-040
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/07-040.html

BRIÈRE M. and A. SZAFARZ*

“Crisis Robust Bond Portfolios”

WP-CEB: N°07-030
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/07-030.html

SZAFARZ* A.

“Hiring People-like-Yourself: A Representation of Discrimination on the Job Market”

WP-CEB: N°07-021
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/07-021.html
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1028949

HUDON* M.

“Use of Donor Funds in the Financing of MFIs”

WP-CEB: N°07-020
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/07-020.html

VANROOSE* A.

“Microfinance: are its promises ethically justified?”

WP-CEB: N°07-014
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/07-014.html

HUDON* M.

“Should Access to Credit be a Right?”

WP-CEB: N°07-008
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/07-008.html

FARBER A., R. GILLET, and A. SZAFARZ*

“A general formula for the WACC: A reply”

WP-CEB: N°07-004
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/07-004.html

HUDON* M.

“Social Justice with Credits to the Poor”

WP-CEB: N°07-003
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/07-003.html

HUDON* M. and H.D. SEIBEL

“Use of microfinance in post-conflict and post-disaster situations: Turning victims into shareholders”

WP-CEB: N°07-002
http://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/07-002.html