Bargaining over loan contracts with signaling
Alexander Zimper and
Mpoifeng Molefinyane
Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2021, vol. 23, issue 5, 958-984
Abstract:
This paper combines a sequential bargaining game between an enterprise and a fixed number of banks with a signaling game through which the enterprise reveals her project quality as well as her market‐speed on the lending market. We characterize subgame‐perfect Nash equilibrium loan contracts that are supported by separating perfect Bayesian equilibria in the signaling game. In contrast to existing models of lending markets, low‐quality investment projects might be rewarded with more favorable equilibrium loan contracts than high‐quality projects. Also in contrast to existing models, an increase in the competitive pressure between banks reduces the aggregate welfare in our model. The reason is that more favorable loan conditions come with a greater incentive for the ‘strong’ entrepreneur to distinguish herself from her ‘weak’ counterpart through socially wasteful signaling costs.
Date: 2021
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