The objective of this study is to determine the effect of credit constraints on production for farm and nonfarm sole proprietorships. A propensity score-matching estimator is employed to provide unbiased estimates of the production impacts of being denied credit. The empirical results...

This study investigates the extent to which the 2005 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) has affected farm structure, in particular farm size. Our empirical strategy relies on the opening of an ethanol plant in a farmer’s local neighborhood. We identify the effect of the RFS on the size of farms...