... is to examine whether the risk of failure and the performance of agricultural banks has been affected by bank consolidations. Design/methodology/approach The impact of bank competition on performance and financial stability of agricultural banks is studied using a Lerner index as a measure of market power...

... the propensity of farmers’ taking microcredit and its effect on beneficiaries’ technical efficiency, productivity, profitability and domestic production of chicken and eggs, farm performance. The authors addressed selection biases with the PSM and answered the research question of whether farmers...