Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/25252 
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Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
SFB 649 Discussion Paper No. 2008,010
Publisher: 
Humboldt University of Berlin, Collaborative Research Center 649 - Economic Risk, Berlin
Abstract: 
Private banks often blame state guarantees to distort competition by giving public banks the advantage of lower funding costs. In this paper I show that if borrowers perceive the public bank as supporting economic development, private banks may be able to separate firms by self selection, enter the market, and obtain profits in equilibrium despite their cost disadvantage. The public bank's competitive advantage may be offset,independently of what its true objective function is. Even perfect competition between private banks does not lead to zero profits.
Subjects: 
public banks
state guarantee
self-selection
JEL: 
G21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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