Purpose - This paper investigates the impact of bank credit on agricultural productivity in the Central African … productivity are not conclusive. The studies demonstrate diverse outcomes which are debatable. The results are conflicting. Design …/methodology/approach - Agricultural value added (AGRVA) to the gross domestic product (GDP) proxies agricultural productivity while domestic credit to the …

model, the state-wide total factor productivity growth (TFPG) indices of US commercial banks for each state for the 1971 …-1995 period. We observe that the productivity growth of commercial banks in state i depends strongly, positively, and … contemporaneously on the productivity growth of commercial banks located in state i's contiguous states. Further, “regulatory space …