Transformations in the Ownership Structure of Credit Unions: Banking Service Rates and the Expectations of Members and Directors

Canassa, Bruno José; Costa, Davi Rogério de Moura; Bonacim, Carlos Alberto Grespan

doi:10.15728/bbr.2022.19.6.2.en

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“…Traditionally, credit unions have imposed occupational and territorial requirements for those interested in joining, but since 2003 they have been able to remove occupational requirements, in the so-called free admission of members. Since then, the amount of members in credit unions has been increasing (Canassa et al, 2022;Pinheiro, 2008;Hansmann, 1996).…”

Section: Credit Unions and Capital Structurementioning

confidence: 99%

Capital structure in Brazilian credit unions: which factors are really determinants?

Zancan¹,

Canassa²,

Valle³

2023

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Purpose -To assess the determinants of the capital structure of Brazilian credit unions.Theoretical framework -Capital structure represents one of the central topics in corporate finance theory and decisions about capital structure are among the most important in the strategic management of an organization. Based on the literature on non-financial firms and banks, and further grounded in the trade-off and pecking order theories, determinants that can explain the capital structure of credit unions were selected.Design/methodology/approach -The determinants were investigated for 889 Brazilian individual credit unions with information available at the Central Bank of Brazil from 2008 to 2021, totaling 10,132 annual observations, using panel data regression models.Findings -Capital structure is negatively influenced by profitability and risk, and positively by size. For tangibility, there is no evident influence. Furthermore, the pecking order theory is more suitable for the case of credit unions.Practical & social implications of research -The deepening of knowledge about determinants can help regulatory authorities in the development of public policies that aim to protect credit unions from systemic risk, promoting the growth of the sector, which plays an important role as an agent of social and economic development.Originality/value -This study is pioneering in that it presents results indicating that the determinants traditionally considered for non-financial companies and banks are also valid for credit unions, even though they are organizations with different characteristics from the rest.

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Section: Credit Unions and Capital Structurementioning

confidence: 99%