Credit union policies and performance in Latin America

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1303-1329

  Westley, Glenn D ^a   Shaffer, Sherrill ^b  

^a INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit unions; G21; Latin America; O54; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041595458     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(99)00006-0     Document Type: Article

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