Saving eliminates credit rationing
de Meza, David
; and Webb, David C.
(2001)
Saving eliminates credit rationing.
[Working paper]
(Submitted)
; and Webb, David C.
(2001)
Saving eliminates credit rationing.
[Working paper]
(Submitted)
Equilibrium credit rationing, in the sense of Stiglitz and Weiss (1981), implies the borrower faces an infinite marginal cost of funds. Infinitessimily delaying the project to accumulate more wealth is therefore advantageous to the borrower. As a result, the well-known conditions for credit rationing cannot be satisfied.
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