Are all U.S. credit unions alike?

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dc.contributor.authorMalikov, Emir
dc.contributor.authorRestrepo, Diego A.
dc.contributor.authorKumbhakar, Subal C.
dc.coverage.spatialMedellín de: Lat: 06 15 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 6.2500 decimal degrees Long: 075 36 00 W degrees minutes Long: -75.6000 decimal degreeseng
dc.creator.emailemalikov@binghamton.eduspa
dc.creator.emaildrestr16@eafit.edu.cospa
dc.creator.emailkkar@binghamton.eduspa
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-11T21:28:28Z
dc.date.available2013-07-11T21:28:28Z
dc.date.issued2013-04-11
dc.description.abstractThis paper raises concerns about the econometric approach used in the literature to estimate credit unions’ production technologies. We show that the existing studies did not recognize heterogeneity amongst credit unions’ technologies as captured by (endogenously selected) differing output mixes. Failure to account for the above leads to biased, inconsistent estimates and potentially misleading results. The estimates are also likely to be biased due to unobserved credit union specific effects that the literature broadly ignores. To address these concerns, we develop a generalized model of endogenous switching with polychotomous choice that is able to account for fixed effects in both the technology selection and the outcome equations. We use this model to estimate returns to scale for the U.S. retail credit unions from 1994 to 2011. Unlike recent studies, we find that not all credit unions enjoy increasing returns to scale. A nonnegligible number of large institutions operate at decreasing returns to scale, indicating that they should either cut back in size or switch to a more efficient technology by re-optimizing the output mix.eng
dc.identifier.jelC33
dc.identifier.jelC34
dc.identifier.jelG21
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10784/999
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherUniversidad EAFITspa
dc.publisher.departmentEscuela de Economía y Finanzasspa
dc.rights.accessrightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesseng
dc.rights.localAcceso abiertospa
dc.subject.keywordCredit Unioneng
dc.subject.keywordReturns to Scaleeng
dc.subject.keywordSwitching Regressionseng
dc.subject.keywordSelectioneng
dc.subject.keywordPaneleng
dc.subject.keywordFixed Effectseng
dc.titleAre all U.S. credit unions alike?eng
dc.typeworkingPapereng
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/workingPapereng
dc.type.hasVersiondrafteng
dc.type.localDocumento de trabajo de investigaciónspa

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