Freixas, Xavier; Hurkens, Sjaak; Morrison, Alan D.; … - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2004
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. …