Wirtschaftswachstum und Volatilität bei endogener Finanzmarktentwicklung

Institutions
  • Department of Economics
Publications
    Azariadis, Costas; Kaas, Leo (2013): Endogenous credit limits with small default costs Journal of Economic Theory. 2013, 148(2), pp. 806-824. ISSN 0022-0531. eISSN 1095-7235. Available under: doi: 10.1016/j.jet.2012.08.004

Endogenous credit limits with small default costs

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We analyze an exchange economy of unsecured credit where borrowers have the option to declare bankruptcy in which case they are temporarily excluded from financial markets. Endogenous credit limits are imposed that are just tight enough to prevent default. Economies with temporary exclusion differ from their permanent exclusion counterparts in two important properties. If households are extremely patient, then the first-best allocation is an equilibrium in the latter economies but not necessarily in the former. In addition, temporary exclusion permits multiple stationary equilibria, with both complete and with incomplete consumption smoothing.

Origin (projects)

Funding sources
Name Finanzierungstyp Kategorie Project no.
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft third-party funds research funding program 764/08
Further information
Period: 01.10.2008 – 30.09.2010