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Resilience of cooperatives during global pandemics – Short-term effects of Covid-19 on lending behaviour of British credit unions (2023)
Journal Article
Vik, P., Curtis, J., & Karl, D. (in press). Resilience of cooperatives during global pandemics – Short-term effects of Covid-19 on lending behaviour of British credit unions. Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management, 11(2), 100220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100220

Cooperative financial institutions are believed to be less vulnerable to business and economic fluctuations linked to recessions and crises. This paper examines the short-term effects of Covid-19 on the British credit union sector d... Read More about Resilience of cooperatives during global pandemics – Short-term effects of Covid-19 on lending behaviour of British credit unions.

The impact of COVID-19 on UK community finance institutions – Implications for local economic development (2023)
Journal Article
Vik, P. M., Curtis, J., & Dayson, K. T. (2023). The impact of COVID-19 on UK community finance institutions – Implications for local economic development. Local Economy, https://doi.org/10.1177/02690942231208916

UK community finance institutions play an important role in deprived neighbourhoods by serving households and businesses unable to access mainstream finance. This paper analyses the short-term effects of the Coronavirus pandemic on the activities and... Read More about The impact of COVID-19 on UK community finance institutions – Implications for local economic development.