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The demand for US federal farm credit legislation
Author(s) -
Vasavada Utpal,
Centner Terence J.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
agribusiness
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1520-6297
pISSN - 0742-4477
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6297(198807)4:4<371::aid-agr2720040407>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - legislation , government (linguistics) , business , agriculture , credit history , credit reference , public economics , finance , economics , financial system , economic policy , credit risk , political science , law , ecology , philosophy , linguistics , biology
The federal government has often taken an active role in providing credit to the agricultural sector. Congressional adoption of farm credit legislation is hypothesized to depend on the financial performance of the farm sector. A model is developed to establish an association between credit legislation and underlying economic forces.