Most cited papers in Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
What are the most cited papers in Microfinance and Financial Inclusion?
The most cited paper in Microfinance and Financial Inclusion is "The dynamics of crowdfunding: An exploratory study" (Ethan Mollick, 2013), with 4,175 citations. Next come "Network Structure and Knowledge Transfer: The Effects of Cohesion and Range" (3,624) and "Women Empowerment and Economic Development" (2,932).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 734 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The dynamics of crowdfunding: An exploratory study Ethan Mollick · Journal of Business Venturing | 13 Aug 2013 | 4,175 |
| 2 | Network Structure and Knowledge Transfer: The Effects of Cohesion and Range Ray E. Reagans, Bill McEvily · Administrative Science Quarterly | Jun 2003 | 3,624 |
| 3 | Women Empowerment and Economic Development Esther Duflo · Journal of Economic Literature | Dec 2012 | 2,932 |
| 4 | Building Sustainable Hybrid Organizations: The Case of Commercial Microfinance Organizations Julie Battilana, Silvia Dorado · Academy of Management Journal | Dec 2010 | 2,912 |
| 5 | Crowdfunding: Tapping the right crowd Paul Belleflamme, Thomas Andrew Lambert, Armin Schwienbacher · Journal of Business Venturing | 29 Sep 2013 | 2,721 |
| 6 | Finance, inequality and the poor Thorsten Beck, Asli Demirgüç‐Kunt, Ross Eric Levine · Journal of Economic Growth | 5 Mar 2007 | 2,357 |
| 7 | Household strategies and rural livelihood diversification Frank B. Ellis · The Journal of Development Studies | Oct 1998 | 2,328 |
| 8 | The Microfinance Promise Jonathan Morduch · Journal of Economic Literature | Dec 1999 | 2,272 |
| 9 | Does Distance Still Matter? The Information Revolution in Small Business Lending Mitchell A. Petersen, Raghuram G. Rajan · The Journal of Finance | Dec 2002 | 2,270 |
| 10 | Capitals and Capabilities: A Framework for Analyzing Peasant Viability, Rural Livelihoods and Poverty Anthony Bebbington · World Development | Dec 1999 | 2,179 |
| 11 | Gender equality and women's empowerment: A critical analysis of the third millennium development goal 1 Naila Kabeer · Gender & Development | Mar 2005 | 2,135 |
| 12 | On the Fintech Revolution: Interpreting the Forces of Innovation, Disruption, and Transformation in Financial Services Peter Gomber, Robert J. Kauffman, Chris Parker et al. · Journal of Management Information Systems | 2 Jan 2018 | 2,107 |
| 13 | Impact of digital finance on financial inclusion and stability Peterson K Ozili · Borsa Istanbul Review | 18 Mar 2018 | 2,092 |
| 14 | Social Interaction and Stock‐Market Participation Harrison G. Hong, Jeffrey D. Kubik, Jeremy C. Stein · The Journal of Finance | 13 Jan 2004 | 1,931 |
| 15 | The fortune at the bottom of the pyramid C. K. Prahalad, Stuart L. Hart · Revista Eletrônica de Estratégia & Negócios | 24 Aug 2010 | 1,925 |
| 16 | Nonfarm income diversification and household livelihood strategies in rural Africa: concepts, dynamics, and policy implications Christopher B. Barrett, Thomas Reardon, Patrick M. Webb · Food Policy | Aug 2001 | 1,920 |
| 17 | Signaling in Equity Crowdfunding Gerrit Ahlers, Douglas J. Cumming, Christina Günther et al. · Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice | 24 Mar 2015 | 1,884 |
| 18 | The Digital Provide: Information (Technology), Market Performance, and Welfare in the South Indian Fisheries Sector Robert T. Jensen · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | 30 Jul 2007 | 1,876 |
| 19 | Embeddedness in the Making of Financial Capital: How Social Relations and Networks Benefit Firms Seeking Financing Brian Uzzi · American Sociological Review | Aug 1999 | 1,727 |
| 20 | The impact of Group‐Based Credit Programs on Poor Households in Bangladesh: Does the Gender of Participants Matter? Mark M. Pitt, Shahidur R. Khandker · Journal of Political Economy | Oct 1998 | 1,724 |
| 21 | Digital Finance and FinTech: current research and future research directions Peter Gomber, Jascha-Alexander Koch, Michael Siering · Journal of Business Economics | 25 Feb 2017 | 1,699 |
| 22 | Beyond Mobile Payments: Exploring the Evolution and Future of Fintech (BY IJISRT) Mushtaq Ahmad Shah, Khomane Harish, Shradha et al. · International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology (IJISRT) | 22 Apr 2024 | 1,633 |
| 23 | The long-run poverty and gender impacts of mobile money Tavneet Suri, William G. Jack · Science | 8 Dec 2016 | 1,550 |
| 24 | Entrepreneurship in and around institutional voids: A case study from Bangladesh Johanna Mair, Ignasi Lanuza Martí · Journal of Business Venturing | 4 Jun 2008 | 1,548 |
| 25 | Islamic vs. conventional banks: Business models, efficiency and stability Thorsten Beck, Asli Demirgüç‐Kunt, Ouarda Merrouche · Research portal (Tilburg University) | 2013 | 1,519 |
| 26 | Informality Revisited William F. Maloney · World Development | 11 Jun 2004 | 1,491 |
| 27 | The Miracle of Microfinance? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation Abhijit G. Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Rachel Glennerster et al. · American Economic Journal Applied Economics | 2015 | 1,490 |
| 28 | Soap Operas and Fertility: Evidence from Brazil Eliana La Ferrara, Alberto E. Chong, Suzanne Duryea · American Economic Journal Applied Economics | 28 Sep 2012 | 1,474 |
| 29 | Informality and Development Rafael La Porta, Andrei Shleifer · The Journal of Economic Perspectives | 30 Jul 2014 | 1,471 |
| 30 | World Development Report 2012: Gender equality and development Yen Nee Wong · Forum for Development Studies | 24 Sep 2012 | 1,456 |
| 31 | Peasant Household Behaviour with Missing Markets: Some Paradoxes Explained Alain de Janvry, Marcel Fafchamps, Élisabeth Sadoulet · The Economic Journal | Nov 1991 | 1,453 |
| 32 | The Evolution of Fintech: A New Post-Crisis Paradigm? Douglas W. Arner, Janos Nathan Barberis, Ross P. Buckley · SSRN Electronic Journal | 2015 | 1,412 |
| 33 | Culture’s consequences: Economic barriers to owning mobile phones experienced by women in India Devendra Dilip Potnis · Telematics and Informatics | 11 Sep 2015 | 1,403 |
| 34 | Risk Sharing and Transactions Costs: Evidence from Kenya's Mobile Money Revolution William G. Jack, Tavneet Suri · American Economic Review | 26 Dec 2013 | 1,400 |
| 35 | Financing patterns around the world: Are small firms different?☆ Thorsten Beck, Asli Demirgüç‐Kunt, Vojislav Maksimovic · Journal of Financial Economics | 17 Jul 2008 | 1,392 |
| 36 | Rural credit programs and women's empowerment in Bangladesh Syed Hashemi, Sidney Ruth Schuler, Ann P. Riley · World Development | Apr 1996 | 1,349 |
| 37 | Peer Monitoring and Credit Markets Joseph E. Stiglitz · The World Bank Economic Review | 1990 | 1,338 |
| 38 | Government action, social capital and development: Reviewing the evidence on synergy Peter Evans · World Development | Jun 1996 | 1,338 |
| 39 | Toward a Theory of Community-Based Enterprise Ana María Peredo, James J. Chrisman · Academy of Management Review | Apr 2006 | 1,290 |
| 40 | The Determinants of Rural Livelihood Diversification in Developing Countries Frank B. Ellis · Journal of Agricultural Economics | May 2000 | 1,284 |
| 41 | Microfinance and Poverty: Evidence Using Panel Data from Bangladesh Shahidur R. Khandker · The World Bank Economic Review | 31 Aug 2005 | 1,266 |
| 42 | Judging Borrowers by the Company They Keep: Friendship Networks and Information Asymmetry in Online Peer-to-Peer Lending Mingfeng Lin, Nagpurnanand R. Prabhala, Siva Viswanathan · Management Science | 5 Sep 2012 | 1,263 |
| 43 | Group lending, repayment incentives and social collateral Timothy J. Besley, Stephen Coate · Journal of Development Economics | Feb 1995 | 1,244 |
| 44 | Smallholder market participation: Concepts and evidence from eastern and southern Africa Christopher B. Barrett · Food Policy | 17 Apr 2008 | 1,239 |
| 45 | Credit Market Constraints, Consumption Smoothing, and the Accumulation of Durable Production Assets in Low-Income Countries: Investments in Bullocks in India Mark Richard Rosenzweig, Kenneth I. Wolpin · Journal of Political Economy | Apr 1993 | 1,225 |
| 46 | Financial Inclusion and Development Mandira Sarma, Jesim Pais · Journal of International Development | 7 May 2010 | 1,219 |
| 47 | Financial development and economic growth Jose De Gregorio, Pablo Emilio Guidotti · World Development | Mar 1995 | 1,211 |
| 48 | Building Inclusive Markets in Rural Bangladesh: How Intermediaries Work Institutional Voids Johanna Mair, Ignasi Lanuza Martí, Marc J. Ventresca · Academy of Management Journal | 26 Jul 2012 | 1,197 |
| 49 | Covenants and Collateral as Incentives to Monitor Raghuram G. Rajan, Andrew Winton · The Journal of Finance | Sep 1995 | 1,190 |
| 50 | Reaching out: Access to and use of banking services across countries Thorsten Beck, Asli Demirgüç‐Kunt, María Soledad Martínez Pería · Journal of Financial Economics | 28 Mar 2007 | 1,176 |
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