Autori
Morelli, Massimo
Ghatak, Maitreesh
Sjostrom, Tomas

Titolo
Credit rationing, wealth inequality and allocation of talent
Periodico
International Center for Economics Research, Torino. ICER - Working papers series
Anno: 2001 - Fascicolo: 23 - Pagina iniziale: 1 - Pagina finale: 36

We provide a simple model of credit rationing with endogenous occupational chioce. Entrepreneurial talent is subject to private information and to screen borrowers banks ask for collateral. The interplay between the labour market and the credit market leads to multiple equilibria in a natural way. The higher is the wage rate, the lower is the collateral needed to discourage less talented agents from borrowing. This allows a greater number of poor but talented agets to become entrepreneurs, thereby increasing labor demand and justifying the wage increase. We discuss the implications of our model for economic policy which are very different from those suggested by models that focus on the credit market only.



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