Factors affecting commercial bank lending to agriculture Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • A tobit econometric procedure was used to examine the effect of selected demand and supply factors on nonreal estate agricultural lending by commercial banks in Texas. Results show that banks have reduced their agricultural loan portfolios in response to increased use of interest sensitive deposits after deregulation. Almost half of this decrease came from banks that stopped making agricultural loans. Results show that banks affiliated with multi-bank holding companies lend less money to agriculture relative to their assets than do independent banks. -Authors

published proceedings

  • Journal of Agricultural & Applied Economics

author list (cited authors)

  • Betubiza, E. N., & Leatham, D. J.

complete list of authors

  • Betubiza, EN||Leatham, DJ

publication date

  • January 1995