Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/63667 
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Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
ETLA Discussion Papers No. 748
Publisher: 
The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Difference of opinion between banks and borrowers influences the competitiveness of loan markets: the more optimistic the borrowers, the more elastic the demand for loans. This reduces lending rates, decreases the expected profits of banks and discourages entry by banks. – banking ; competition ; optimism ; difference in opinion ; entry
JEL: 
D43
G21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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