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Does the owner’s caste affect access to credit for enterprises in India’s unorganized sector?

Ashay Kadama Professor of Finance, Goa Institute of Management, Goa, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Prakash Singhb Assistant Professor of Economics, Goa Institute of Management, Goa, India
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Jayati Chatterjeec Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
Pages 1310-1315 | Published online: 08 Mar 2023

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