Article ID: | iaor19951357 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 22 |
Issue: | 2 |
Start Page Number: | 227 |
End Page Number: | 236 |
Publication Date: | Feb 1995 |
Journal: | Computers and Operations Research |
Authors: | Onal Hayri, Darmawan Delima H., Johnson Sam H. |
Keywords: | finance & banking, programming: mathematical, developing countries |
This article investigates improved allocation of subsidized credits among farm groups in East Java, Indonesia. The empirical results of a bilevel programming model show that not only aggregate agricultural output, but also rural income distribution can be improved by increasing the availability of subsidized credit to small farmers.