Understanding the factors that affect a farmer's credit source is useful for lending institutions
to more effectively target customers and provides insight into credit sources that would be …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to estimate the impact of credit rationing on the amount
of capital allocated to inputs used by rice farmers in the Mekong River Delta (MRD) …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the market microstructure related to the
Farm Credit System (FCS), Commercial Banks (CB) and Farm Services Administration …

Purpose A potential farm policy concern is that if nontraditional (vendor/point-of-sale)
financing represents increased risk, it may have an aggregate effect on sector-wide farm …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate if access to local branch infrastructure of the
farm credit system institutions (FCS), banks and credit unions (BCU), and alternative …

Purpose–Farm Credit is a major provider of credit to agricultural producers in Oklahoma and
nationally. The decision to place a new Farm Credit office reduces borrower search and …

Purpose The number of US commercial banks has declined by about 50% over the last two
decades. This change could lead to a potential decline in competition and a potential …

Purpose This study examines the heterogeneous relationship between ad-hoc support
policies, high government payments, low interest rates and farm debt use across farms of …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine if credit rationing persists even in the era of
financial liberalization, the extent to which individual, firm and loan characteristics influence …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how debt affects the cost structure of a
farm. Agency costs arise when stakeholders of a farm manage their farm differently to obtain …