Adverse selection and the financial accelerator |
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Authors: | Christopher L House |
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Institution: | Department of Economics, University of Michigan, 238 Lorch Hall, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1220, USA |
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Abstract: | Many economists believe that credit market distortions create a financial accelerator which destabilizes the economy. This paper shows that when credit market distortions arise from adverse selection they sometimes stabilize the economy rather than destabilize it. The stabilizing forces are closely related to forces that cause overinvestment in static models. When investment projects are equity financed, or when contracts are written optimally, the distortions always stabilize the economy. Thus, stabilizing equilibria are a robust feature of the model. The empirical distinction between accelerator and stabilizer equilibria is subtle. Many empirical tests are unable to distinguish between accelerator and stabilizer equilibria. |
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Keywords: | E22 E32 E44 G14 |
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