Freixas, Xavier; Hurkens, Sjaak; Morrison, Alan; Vulkan, Nir - In: Topics in Theoretical Economics 7 (2007) 1, pp. 1356-1356
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 … spite of the threat of entry by inactive banks. Moreover, an increase in the number of active banks increases credit risk …