Effects of regulatory changes in microcredit on the financial and social performance of Brazilian credit unions

ABSTRACT This study investigates whether the performance of credit unions that offer microcredit in Brazil was affected by the advent of Crescer - the National Microcredit Program. This research fills a gap in the literature because few papers investigate credit unions that work with microcredit and...

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Main Authors: Ana Lucia Carvalho Santos, Lucas A. B. C. Barros, Tony Takeda, Lauro Gonzalez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2019-02-01
Series:Revista Contabilidade & Finanças
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-70772019005002103&lng=en&tlng=en