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Credit risk and technical efficiency in Brazilian credit unions

Abstract

This study analyzed the relationship between credit risk and the efficiency of Brazilian credit unions in the period from 2008 to 2017. The two-stage data envelopment analysis model was used to obtain efficiency scores, with the analysis of a Tobit model in the second stage. Specialists were consulted for the construction and validation of efficiency scores, which is a contribution of this study in relation to the others. It was found that the higher the credit risk, the lower the efficiency scores, and that credit unions that manage to maintain their continuity in the market and diversify their products had higher efficiency scores, consequently generating greater benefits to their members. Additionally, cooperatives must pay attention to the number of service points and periods of economic recession. The increase in the number of service points reduces efficiency scores. When considering the period of Brazilian economic downturn, measured from 2015 to 2017, there was a negative impact on the average efficiency scores of the cooperatives. As a limitation, it is reported that the results are derived from the inputs and outputs selected from accounting and financial information, and it is suggested that new variables related to the social dimension of cooperatives be incorporated into other studies to assess the overall efficiency of Brazilian credit unions.

Keywords:
Credit unions; Efficiency; Credit risk; DEA; Tobit

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