The competitive edge of credit unions in Costa Rica: From financial repression to the risks of a new financial environment
This article argues that financial repression played a key role in the emergence of credit unions (CUs) in Costa Rica, along with other institutional factors. Credit unions took advantage of the opportunity to serve borrowers whose requests had been refused by banks. Given the sweeping reforms of th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing
2019-02-01
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| Series: | Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research |
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| Online Access: | https://anserj.ca/index.php/cjnser/article/view/289 |