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Single-Name Credit Risk, Portfolio Risk, and Credit Rationing
Arnold, Lutz G., Reeder, Johannes and Trepl, Stefanie (2010) Single-Name Credit Risk, Portfolio Risk, and Credit Rationing. Regensburger Diskussionsbeiträge zur Wirtschaftswissenschaft 448, Working Paper.Date of publication of this fulltext: 19 Oct 2010 12:16
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.17365
Abstract
This paper introduces non-diversifiable risk in the Stiglitz-Weiss adverse selection model, so that an increase in the average riskiness of the borrower pool causes higher portfolio risk. This opens up the possibility of equilibrium credit rationing. Comparative statics analysis shows that an increase in risk aversion turns a two-price equilibrium into a rationing equilibrium. A two-price ...
This paper introduces non-diversifiable risk in the Stiglitz-Weiss adverse selection model, so that an increase in the average riskiness of the borrower pool causes higher portfolio risk. This opens up the possibility of equilibrium credit rationing. Comparative statics analysis shows that an increase in risk aversion turns a two-price equilibrium into a rationing equilibrium. A two-price equilibrium is more inefficient than a rationing equilibrium, and a usury law that rules out the higher of the two interest rates can be welfare-improving. Contrary to the common result, the equilibrium may be characterized by over-investment.
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| Item type | Monograph (Working Paper) | ||||||||
| Series of the University of Regensburg: | Regensburger Diskussionsbeiträge zur Wirtschaftswissenschaft | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 448 | ||||||||
| Number of Pages: | 30 | ||||||||
| Date | 2010 | ||||||||
| Institutions | Business, Economics and Information Systems > Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre und Ökonometrie > Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Volkswirtschaft (Prof. Dr. Lutz Arnold) | ||||||||
| Interdisciplinary Subject Network | Immobilien- und Kapitalmärkte | ||||||||
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| Keywords | asymmetric information, credit rationing | ||||||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics | ||||||||
| Status | Published | ||||||||
| Refereed | Unknown | ||||||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Yes | ||||||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-173651 | ||||||||
| Item ID | 17365 |
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