Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/111249 
Year of Publication: 
2015
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Working Paper No. 192
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University of Zurich, Department of Economics, Zurich
Abstract: 
We measure the consequences of asymmetric information and imperfect competition in the Italian lending market. We show that banks' optimal price response to an increase in adverse selection varies with competition. Exploiting matched data on loans and defaults, we estimate models of demand for credit, loan use, pricing, and firm default. We find evidence of adverse selection and evaluate its importance. While indeed prices rise in competitive markets and decline in concentrated ones, the former effect dominates, suggesting that while market power can mitigate the adverse effects of asymmetric information, mainstream concerns about its effects survive with imperfect competition.
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