The study identifies farm operator and economic characteristics explaining variation in FSA guaranteed loan loss claims rates. Regression models using state-level data are estimated. Debt-to-asset ratios, interest rates, off-farm income and bank loan-to-asset ratios explain FO loss rates. Farm size and bank loan-to-asset ratios are important to OL loss rates.
Details
Title
FACTORS DETERMINING FSA GUARANTEED LOAN LOSS CLAIM ACTIVITY IN THE U.S. FOR 1990-1997
Record Identifier
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/15782
PURL Identifier
http://purl.umn.edu/15782
Language
English
Total Pages
22
Series Statement
Staff Paper 052000; Selected Paper from the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meetings, January 30-February 2, 2000, Lexington, Kentucky