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Agricultural credit association efficiencies over time and with mergers

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  • He, Yurou
  • Tauer, Loren W.

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Efficiencies of Agricultural Credit Associations of the US Farm Credit System are measured quarterly from 2005 through 2020. A slacks-based measure based on the directional distance function is used with non-performing loans included as an undesirable output. This permitted efficiency scores to be measured by type of defined input or output. Generally, most Associations were highly efficient, but there was deterioration in mean efficiency over the years 2008–2018, a period of financial difficulties in the US agriculture. Efficiencies of Associations that merged or consolidated were tracked before and after these activities. Mergers and consolidations often led to increased efficiencies.

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  • He, Yurou & Tauer, Loren W., 2023. "Agricultural credit association efficiencies over time and with mergers," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 52(3), pages 520-546, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:agrerw:v:52:y:2023:i:3:p:520-546_4
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    1. Fiechter, Chad M. & Miller, Noah J. & Ifft, Jennifer & Nelson, Blaine, 2024. "Farm Characteristics and Cost of Borrowing," 2024 Annual Meeting, July 28-30, New Orleans, LA 343924, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

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