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American Economic Review: Vol. 99 No. 5 (December 2009)
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On the Possibility of Credit Rationing in the Stiglitz-Weiss Model
Article Citation
Arnold, Lutz G., and
John G. Riley. 2009. "On the Possibility of Credit Rationing in the Stiglitz-Weiss Model."
American Economic Review,
99(5): 2012-21.
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.5.2012
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.5.2012
Abstract
Contrary to what is usually assumed, the expected revenue for lenders as a
function of the loan rate cannot be globally hump-shaped in the Stiglitz-Weiss
(1981) adverse selection model with a continuum of types. This has important
implications. First, if there is credit rationing, there must be at least two equilibrium
loan rates. Second, while at the low rate loans are rationed, all those
applicants willing to pay the high rate are then served. Numerical analysis
shows that unless the joint distribution of risk class and output is rather special,
the two loan rate outcome with rationing is unlikely. (JEL D82, G21)
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Authors
Arnold, Lutz G. (U Regensburg)
Riley, John G. (UCLA)
Riley, John G. (UCLA)
JEL Classifications
D82: Asymmetric and Private Information
G21: Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
G21: Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
