Credit Reporting, Relationship Banking, and Loan Repayment

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_16C572BD6A4D
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Title
Credit Reporting, Relationship Banking, and Loan Repayment
Journal
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking
Author(s)
Brown M., Zehnder C.
ISSN
0022-2879
Publication state
Published
Issued date
12/2007
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
39
Number
8
Pages
1883-1918
Language
english
Abstract
How does information sharing between lenders affect borrowers repayment behavior ? We show-in a laboratory credit market-that information sharing increases repayment rates, as borrowers anticipate that a good credit record improves their access to credit. This incentive effect of information sharing is substantial when repayment is not third-party enforceable and lending is dominated by one-shot transactions. If, however, repeat interaction between borrowers and lenders is feasible, the incentive effect of credit reporting is negligible, as bilateral banking relationships discipline borrowers. Information sharing nevertheless affects market outcome by weakening lenders' ability to extract rents from relationships.
Keywords
credit market, information sharing, relationship banking
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