Memory in contracts: the experience of the EBRD (1991-2003)


Autoria(s): Artige, Lionel; Nicolini, Rosella
Contribuinte(s)

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica

Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica

Data(s)

03/04/2008

Resumo

The objective of this paper is to identify the role of memory in repeated contracts with moral hazard in financial intermediation. We use the database we have built containing the contracts signed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development EBRD between 1991 and 2003. Our framework is a standard setting of repeated moral hazard. After having controlled for the adverse selection component, we are able to prove that client reputation is the discrimination device according to which the bank fixes the amount of credit for the established clients. Our results unambiguously isolate the effect of memory in the bank's lending decisions.

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Identificador

http://hdl.handle.net/2072/5288

Idioma(s)

eng

Relação

Working papers; 724.08

Direitos

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Palavras-Chave #Contractes -- Aspectes econòmics #Risc (Economia)
Tipo

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