Plausibly Exogenous [1952] - Access to Finance (06/07/2025)

LHS Variable
Poverty

RHS Variable
Access to finance

Source of Exogenous Variation
Opening of Banco Azteca in Mexico, a unique “natural experiment” in which over 800 bank branches opened almost simultaneously in preexisting Elektra stores

- Bruhn and Love (2014), “The real impact of improved access to finance: Evidence from Mexico”