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This paper characterizes the relationship between entrepreneurial wealth and aggregate investment under adverse selection. Its main finding is that such a relationship need not be monotonic. In particular, three results emerge from the analysis: (i) pooling equilibria, in which investment is...
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equilibrium as a result of a simple screening mechanism. A borrower has private information about her cost of bankruptcy, and a …
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We analyze a standard environment of adverse selection in credit markets. In our environment, entrepreneurs who are privately informed about the quality of their projects need to borrow in order to invest. Conventional wisdom says that, in this class of economies, the competitive equilibrium is...
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We analyze a standard environment of adverse selection in credit markets. In our environment, entrepreneurs who are privately informed about the quality of their projects need to borrow in order to invest. Conventional wisdom says that, in this class of economies, the competitive equilibrium is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010547526
We analyze a standard environment of adverse selection in credit markets. In our environment, entrepreneurs who are privately informed about the quality of their projects need to borrow in order to invest. Conventional wisdom says that, in this class of economies, the competitive equilibrium is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854521
Telemonitoring devices can be used to screen consumers' characteristics and mitigate information asymmetries that lead to adverse selection in insurance markets. However, some consumers value their privacy and dislike sharing private information with insurers. In the second-best efficient...
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screening mechanism then be applied to deter those most likely to default from seeking such financial assistance? The answer … information and a screening contract. The sector adversely affected in a pandemic can apply for government loans to reopen later …
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We analyze a standard environment of adverse selection in credit markets. In our environment, entrepreneurs who are privately informed about the quality of their projects need to borrow from banks. Conventional wisdom says that, in this class of economies, the competitive equilibrium is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004969343
colleagues get more income net of production costs. Screening workers with equal productivity but different fairness concerns is …
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screening, a pure strategy equilibrium exists where banks optimally set interest rates at the same level as their competitors … banks have zero screening costs. In our set up we show that interest rate on loans are largely independent of marginal costs … analysis to the case where banks have differing screening abilities. …
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