The emergence of information sharing in credit markets

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_EBBC017E4D24
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
The emergence of information sharing in credit markets
Périodique
Journal of Financial Intermediation
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Brown  M., Zehnder  C.
ISSN
1042-9573
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
04/2010
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
19
Numéro
2
Pages
255-278
Langue
anglais
Résumé
We provide the first systematic empirical analysis of how asymmetric information and competition in the credit market affect voluntary information sharing between lenders. We study an experimental credit market in which information sharing can help lenders to distinguish good borrowers from bad ones. Lenders may, however, also lose market power by sharing information with competitors. Our results suggest that asymmetric information in the credit market increases the frequency of information sharing between lenders significantly. Stronger competition between lenders reduces information sharing. In credit markets where lenders may fail to coordinate on sharing information, the degree of information asymmetry, rather than lender competition, drives actual information sharing behavior.
Mots-clé
Competition, Countries
Web of science
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19/03/2009 16:53
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21/08/2019 6:13
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