Replication data for: On the Possibility of Credit Rationing in the Stiglitz-Weiss Model

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Project Description

Summary: 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)

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
D82 Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
G21 Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages

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