Asymmetric Information and the Market Structure of the Banking Industry /

The paper analyzes the effects of informational asymmetries on the market structure of the banking industry in a multi-period model of spatial competition. All lenders face uncertainty with regard to borrowers' creditworthiness, but, in the process of lending, incumbent banks gather proprietary...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dell'Ariccia, Giovanni
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1998.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1998/092
Online Access:Full text available on IMF