This article explores the size‐growth relationship for a panel of large US credit unions, using the panel unit root tests of Im et al. (2003) and Maddala and Wu (1999). The reference point is Gibrat’s Law, or the Law of Proportionate Effect, according to which firm growth rates are...

This study uses a stochastic frontier analysis to evaluate the relative performance of UK credit unions over the period 1991 to 2001. The analysis found that UK credit unions are subject to high levels of (gross) in efficiency. The analysis also revealed that the environment within which...