quantitative theory consistent with these empirical observations, banks' lending market power is determined in equilibrium and is a …

This paper studies bank competition with borrower adverse selection. In the model, expected non-performing loan costs … are high when credit is granted in booms, when risk free rates are low, or when competition is strong. I prove that full … competition is suboptimal due to this last effect; that more competition improves the transmission of monetary policy, and that …