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Saving Eliminates Credit Rationing

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  • David C Webb
  • David De Meza

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Equilibrium credit rationing, in the sense of Stiglitz and Weiss (1981), implies the borrower faces an infinite marginal cost of funds. Infinitessimily delaying the project to accumulate more wealth is therefore advantageous to the borrower. As a result, the well-known conditions for credit rationing cannot be satisfied.

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  • David C Webb & David De Meza, 2001. "Saving Eliminates Credit Rationing," FMG Discussion Papers dp391, Financial Markets Group.
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