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Sociétaire d’une banque coopérative : décision financière ou décision éthique?

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  • Damien Egarius

    (LaRGE Research Center, EM Strasbourg Business School, Université de Strasbourg)

  • Patrick Roger

    (LaRGE Research Center, EM Strasbourg Business School, Université de Strasbourg)

Abstract

(VF)La définition des banques coopératives donnée par l’International Cooperative Banking Association (ICBA) stipule que les sociétaires des banques coopératives, qui achètent et détiennent des parts sociales, croient dans les valeurs éthiques d'honnêteté, de transparence, de responsabilité sociale et d'altruisme. En utilisant une base de données de 246120 clients/sociétaires d’une grande banque coopérative française, nous montrons que le volume d’échange de parts sociales est loin d'être négligeable. L'analyse des portefeuilles des clients/sociétaires sur une période de 13 mois montre que ceux-ci utilisent les parts sociales comme des véhicules d'investissement standard. Ces résultats montrent que les raisons invoquées par l' ICBA pour devenir sociétaire d'une banque coopérative sont marginales dans le processus de décision.(VA)The definition of co-operative banks given by the International Cooperative Banking Association (ICBA) states that co-operative members, who buy and hold member shares, believe in the ethical values of honesty, openness, social responsibility and altruism. Using a unique database of 246,120 clients/members at a cooperative bank, we show that the trading volume of member shares is far from insignificant. The analysis of clients’ portfolios over a 13-month period shows that clients use member shares as standard savings and investment vehicles. These results show that the reasons given by the ICBA to become a member of a cooperative bank are unimportant in the decision process.

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  • Damien Egarius & Patrick Roger, 2016. "Sociétaire d’une banque coopérative : décision financière ou décision éthique?," Revue Finance Contrôle Stratégie, revues.org, vol. 19(4), pages 1-26., June.
  • Handle: RePEc:dij:revfcs:v:19:y:2016:i:4:p:1-26.
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    Keywords

    banques coopératives; sociétariat; exigences en capital; comportement des investisseurs; cooperative banks; bank membership; capital requirements; investor behavior.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • P13 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Cooperative Enterprises

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