This paper studies (non-)equivalence of collateralized credit and asset sale for information-sensitive assets in over-the-counter markets. A signaling game refined by the undefeated equilibrium endogenizes the choice between pooling and separating offers and addresses the payment puzzle. The...

This paper proposes a quantitative general equilibrium model with credit market frictions to explain the observed stylized facts of micro uncertainty (dispersion of realized firm-level outcomes) and macro uncertainty (volatility of aggregate economic variables). They are conceptually different...

How should a firm measure a productive asset used as collateral in a credit agreement? To answer this question, we develop a model in which firms borrow funds subject to collateral constraints. We characterize the qualities of optimal asset measurements and analyze their interactions with...

With the Euro Area context in mind, we show that currency arrangements impact on credit available through default incentives. To this end we build a symmetric two-country model with money and imperfect credit market integration. Differences in credit market integration are captured by variations...

How should a firm measure a productive asset used as collateral in a credit agreement? To answer this question, we develop a model in which firms borrow funds subject to collateral constraints. We characterize the qualities of optimal asset measurements and analyze their interactions with...

We study monetary policy when private credit markets are incomplete. The macroeconomy we study has a large private credit market, in which participant households use non-state contingent nominal contracts (NSCNC). A second, small group of households only uses cash, supplied by the monetary...