...Russ Kashian; Robert Drago Purpose The effects of bank lending specialization are unclear. To explore this issue, we contrast the performance effects of general lending specialization and agricultural specialization. The latter is important given small or community banks account for a significant...

.... and Natoli , F. (2018), “ Natural catastrophes and bank lending: the case of flood risk in Italy ”, Bank of Italy Occasional Paper , No.  457 . Fayman , A. , Chen , S.-J. and Mayes , T. (2022), “ Community banks versus non‐community banks: post the Great Recession ”, Economic Notes...

...://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Bank lending Capital requirements Agricultural bank Basel accords Farm credit G21 G28 Q14 The financial crisis of 2007–2008 triggered significant regulatory changes for lending institutions around the world. Defaults on previously issued loans...

... Structural change Bank lending Farm credit Farm finance USDA The ongoing consolidation within the farm and credit sectors has implications for federal credit programs. Specifically, how may the role of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) farm credit programs change...