Gormley, Todd A. - In: Journal of Economic Theory 154 (2014) C, pp. 633-667
, this paper analyzes the impact of lender entry on credit access and aggregate net output. The model shows that lender entry … has the potential to create a segmented market that increases credit access for those firms targeted by the new lenders … but potentially reduces credit access for all other firms. The overall impact on net output depends on the distribution of …