Arnold, Lutz G. and Riley, John G. (2009) On the Possibility of Credit Rationing in the Stiglitz-Weiss Model. AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW, 99 (5). pp. 2012-2021. ISSN 0002-8282,
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Contrary to what is usually assumed, the expected revenue for lenders as a function of the loan rate cannot be globally hump-shaped in the Stiglitz-Weiss (1981) adverse selection model with a continuum of types. This has important implications. First, if there is credit rationing, there must be at least two equilibrium loan rates. Second, while at the low rate loans are rationed, all those applicants willing to pay the high rate are then served. Numerical analysis shows that unless the joint distribution of risk class and output is rather special, the two loan rate outcome with rationing is unlikely.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | IMPERFECT INFORMATION; ADVERSE SELECTION; MARKETS; |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
| Divisions: | Business, Economics and Information Systems > Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre und Ökonometrie > Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Volkswirtschaft (Prof. Dr. Lutz Arnold) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Aug 2020 10:45 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Aug 2020 10:45 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/27996 |
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