) and a specification of the amount of collateral per dollar of lending. The latter is summarized by the margin or "haircut …" associated with the loan. Some key models of endogenous collateral constraints imply that the primary equilibrating force will be … the part of borrowers has profound effects on asset prices. Quantitative analysis of a model of collateral equilibrium …

We establish that a monopoly bank never uses collateral as a screening device. A pooling equilibrium always exists in … which all borrowers pay the same interest rate and put zero collateral. Absence of screening leads to socially inefficient …

start-ups caused by lacking collateral or equity and high information asymmetry. The present study quantifies the economic …