Four cases of a selection problem are examined where knowledge of the distributions from which project returns are drawn is private to entrepreneurs with projects. Diagrammatic analysis is used to determine the contract form offered by funding banks which choose between debt, equity or a more...

This paper explores the implications of entrepreneurs holding biased perceptions about the probability of project success and/or the size of payoff, if successful. When entrepreneurs are optimistic only about the probability of success, credit is not rationed. Credit rationing can occur where...