Banking Competition and Soft Budget Constraints: How Market Power can Threaten Discipline in Lending
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| Publication date | 2012 |
| Series | Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper, 12-146/DSF 49/IV |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Publisher | Tinbergen Institute |
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| Abstract | n imperfectly competitive credit markets, banks can face a tradeoff between exploiting their market power and enforcing hard budget constraints. As market power rises, banks eventually find it too costly to discipline underperforming borrowers by stopping their projects. Lending relationships become "too cozy", interest rates rise, and loan performance deteriorates. |
| Document type | Working paper |
| Language | English |
| Published at | http://papers.tinbergen.nl/12146.pdf |
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