An Examination of Borrower Orientation and Scale Effects in UK Credit Unions

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 219-242

  Mckillop, Donal ^a   Ferguson, Charles ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0009944517     PISSN: 13704788     EISSN: 14678292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8292.00080     Document Type: Article

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