Determinants of Agriculture-Related Loan Default: Evidence from China

This paper investigates agriculture-related loan default in 2002–2009 through a large data set from a leading Chinese state-owned bank. Using logit regression, we find the default rate on agriculture-related loans is significantly higher than that on non agriculture-related loans. We find that base interest rates, loan maturity, the type of collateral, firm size, ownership structure, and mana…