The adverse selection problem in imperfectly competitive credit markets

Ville Mälkönen and Timo Vesala

No 26/2006, Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers from Bank of Finland

Abstract: We study the adverse selection problem in imperfectly competitive credit markets and illustrate the circumstances where a separating equilibrium emerges, even without collateral.The borrowers are heterogeneous in their preferences concerning the banks.Separation obtains in market segments where the 'high risk' borrowers receive credit from their preferred bank.The 'low risk' borrowers choose the ex-ante less-preferred bank that offers loan contracts with lower interest rates.The availability of credit will be maximized under an intermediate level of competition, a prediction that is supported by recent empirical evidence.

Keywords: asymmetric information; credit rationing; bank differentiation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D43 D82 G21 L13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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