The Effect of Credit Market Competition on Lending Relationships / Mitchell A. Petersen, Raghuram G. Rajan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Petersen, Mitchell A.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Rajan, Raghuram G.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w4921.

NBER working paper series no. w4921

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1994.

Summary:

This paper provides a simple model showing that the extent of competition in credit markets is important in determining the value of lending relationships. Creditors are more likely to finance credit constrained firms when credit markets are concentrated because it is easier for these creditors to internalize the benefits of assisting the firms. The model has implications about the availability and the price of credit as firms age in different markets. The paper offers evidence for these implications from small business data. It concludes with conjectures on the costs and benefits of liberalizing financial markets, as well as the timing of such reforms.

Notes:

Print version record

November 1994.