Table 2.
Differences in farmers' financing behavior with and without blockchain application.
| Stage 1: Demand-based credit rationing | Stage 2: Supply-based credit rationing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied blockchain | Not applying blockchain | Gap | Applied blockchain | Not applying blockchain | Gap | |
| For the entire sample period | 0.6882 | 0.7675 | −0.0793 | 0.7802∗∗ | 0.8867 | −0.1066∗∗∗ |
| 2019 | 0.6586 | 0.7304 | −0.0715 | 0.7227 | 0.8715 | −0.1488∗∗ |
| 2021 | 0.7718 | 0.8032 | −0.0852 | 0.8322∗ | 0.8997 | −0.0675∗ |
Note: ∗∗∗, ∗∗, and ∗ denote significant at the 1%, 5%, and 10% significance levels, respectively.