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100			_aGhosh, Saibal _929584
245			_aFinancial inclusion in India: Does distance matter?
260			_aSouth Asia Economic Journal
300			_a21(2), Sep, 2020: p.216-238
520			_aEmploying a novel district-level survey data for India, the study investigates the impact of distance on financial inclusion. Using advanced econometric techniques, the findings indicate that distance primarily dampens the use of bank accounts as compared with access. These results are robust irrespective of whether distance is measured in terms of the time taken to reach the banking infrastructure or physical distance. These results are robust to a wide battery of robustness checks. The analysis suggests the need for policy strategies that can address the tyranny of distance towards achieving the financial inclusion goal. – Reproduced
650			_aDistance, Financial inclusion, Probit, Seemingly unrelated bivariate probit, India _927737
773			_aSouth Asia Economic Journal
906			_aFINANCE - SOCIAL ASPECTS
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