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RURAL CREDIT POLICY AND BANK RURAL LENDING *
Author(s) -
Standen B.J.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.683
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-8489
pISSN - 0004-9395
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8489.1978.tb00343.x
Subject(s) - overdraft , loan , business , rural development , bank credit , rural sector , rural economics , financial system , rural area , interest rate , finance , agriculture , geography , political science , archaeology , law
A model of bank rural lending in Australia for the period 1950/1973 is constructed to measure the effects of various rural credit policies on bank rural advances. Results indicate that rural sector bank deposits did not influence the rural sector's share of advances; Farm Development Loan Fund loans simply replaced overdraft advances; rural borrowers were not discriminated against in periods of tight credit; interest rate concessions induced a greater proportionate reduction in the rural share of advances.