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Assisting Farmers Through Concessionary Loans: Insights from Ohio's Linked‐Deposit Program
Author(s) -
Froerer Landell S.,
Adams Dale W,
Lee Warren F.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
applied economic perspectives and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.4
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2040-5804
pISSN - 2040-5790
DOI - 10.1093/aepp/10.1.135
Subject(s) - subsidy , loan , business , state (computer science) , finance , agricultural economics , economics , algorithm , computer science , market economy
This article presents study results of a state‐sponsored concessionary loan program for farmers in Ohio started in 1985. Four criteria are used to evaluate the program: its overall costs to the state, extent to which subsidies reached financially stressed farmers, relative size of the subsidies compared to farmers' needs, and extent to which the program provided additional funds to participating farmers. Conclusions are that the program cost the state about $12 million, that only a small percentage of the financially stressed farmers in Ohio received benefits, that the subsidies provided were small compared to need, and that the program resulted in little additional lending to farmers.