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The Role of Fixed Assets in Reducing Asymmetric Information

In: The Economics of Imperfect Markets

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  • Antonio Affuso

    (University of Parma)

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The paper presents a model where fixed assets play a role in reducing credit rationing. The basic idea is that when loans are collateralized and firms are credit constrained, the amount borrowed is generated by the value of the collateral. I use a classical credit rationing model to explain the link between firms’ debt capacities and asset value in the case of distress. As we shall see, the price of fixed assets depends on whether there are firms that repurchase them. In fact, it depends on the number of bad firms in the economy as well as on the liquidity of good firms. In this model, a separating equilibrium can only occur if there exist a number of bad firms that go bankrupt and if there exist good firms with sufficient liquidity. Each firm derives positive externalities from the existence of other firms. Indeed, the optimal leverage of firms depends on the possibility of repurchasing the distressed assets.

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  • Antonio Affuso, 2010. "The Role of Fixed Assets in Reducing Asymmetric Information," Contributions to Economics, in: Giorgio Calcagnini & Enrico Saltari (ed.), The Economics of Imperfect Markets, chapter 0, pages 91-102, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:conchp:978-3-7908-2131-4_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2131-4_5
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