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Issues in Agricultural and Rural Finance

  • by Robert Collender
  • 8/21/1998
  • AIB-724

Overview

The Food and Rural Economics Division of ERS designed the following series of policy-oriented, timely publications to provide background and analysis for decisionmakers and others. The Federal Government is heavily involved in both public and private finance in the rural and agricultural sectors. Such involvement takes the form of lending and loan guarantees from Federal agencies, chartering special purpose lenders, providing regulation and supervision, and financing rural development and poverty programs. This series of reports focuses on current and emerging issues in agricultural and rural finance. Each report is short, nontechnical, and policy oriented, providing decisionmakers and others with timely analyses of policy proposals and emerging issues and trends.

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  • Full Report

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  • AIB-724-02--How Would Changes to the Earned Income Tax Credit Affect Rural Recipients? April 1996--Contact: Ron Durst

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  • AIB-724-03--How Would Rural Areas Fare Under Block Grants? April 1996--Contact: Richard Reeder

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  • AIB-724-04--Is More Credit the Best Way to Assist Beginning Low-Equity Farmers? September 1996--Contact: Charles Dodson

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  • AIB-724-05--Are Revolving Loan Funds A Better Way To Finance Rural Development? October 1996--Contacts: James Mikesell and George Wallace

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  • AIB-724-06--Are Farmer Bankruptcies A Good Indicator of Rural Financial Stress? December 1996--Contact: Jerome Stam

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  • AIB-724-07--Do Farmers Need Tax-Deferred Savings Accounts to Help Manage Income Risk? June 1997--Contact: James Monke

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  • AIB-724-08--How Would Proposed Changes in Federal Estate Taxes Affect Farmers? June 1997--Contact: Douglas Maxwell

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  • AIB-724-09--Do Farmers Need a Separate Chapter in the Bankruptcy Code? October 1997--Contact: Jerome Stam

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  • AIB-724-10--Would More Rural Bank Access to Nonlocal Funds Provide Public Benefits? December 1997--Contact: Robert Collender

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  • AIB-724-11--When Are Farm Interest Rate Subsidy Programs Most Effective? February 1998--Contacts: Steven R. Koenig and Charles B. Dodson

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  • AIB-724-12--Can Federal Policy Changes Improve the Performance of Rural Mortgage Markets? August 1998--Contact: Jim Mikesell

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