Financial Linkages, Institutional Factors and Loan Repayment Performance: The Case of Microfinance Cooperatives in Tanzania
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Loan repayment performance (LRP) in microfinance institutions (MFIs) has been associated with
borrowers’ and institutions’ factors. Since microfinance cooperatives (MCs) are owned by
borrowers, their institutional factors might affect LRP differently. Based on linkages literature,
transaction cost and principal agency theories, financial linkages (FLs) between MCs and formal
financial institutions (FFIs) seem to shape institutional factors, and therefore, LRP. However,
empirical studies on these relationships are missing. Based on t-test analysis utilising three-year
unbalanced data of 148 to 273 MCs’ observations, this paper shows that FLs have strong
relationship with institutional factors affecting LRP. Controlling for these factors, results on the
linear regression analysis reveal that FLs do not affect LRP.
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Financial linkages, Institutional factors, Loan repayment performance, MFIS/microfinance cooperatives, Tanzania