The Emergence of Information Sharing in Credit Markets

University of Zurich, IEER Working Paper No. 317

48 Pages Posted: 9 Aug 2006 Last revised: 29 May 2013

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Martin Brown

Swiss National Bank - Study Center Gerzensee; University of St. Gallen

Christian Zehnder

University of Lausanne

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Date Written: December 1, 2008

Abstract

We provide the first systematic empirical analysis of how asymmetric information and competition in the credit market affect voluntary information sharing between lenders. We study an experimental credit market in which information sharing can help lenders to distinguish good borrowers from bad ones. Lenders may, however, also lose market power by sharing information with competitors. Our results suggest that asymmetric information in the credit market increases the frequency of information sharing between lenders significantly. Stronger competition between lenders reduces information sharing. In credit markets where lenders may fail to coordinate on sharing information, the degree of information asymmetry, rather than lender competition, drives actual information sharing behavior.

Keywords: Credit Market, Information Sharing, Experiment

JEL Classification: G21, G28, D82, C91

Suggested Citation

Brown, Martin and Zehnder, Christian, The Emergence of Information Sharing in Credit Markets (December 1, 2008). University of Zurich, IEER Working Paper No. 317, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=922661 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.922661

Martin Brown

Swiss National Bank - Study Center Gerzensee ( email )

Zuerich, 8022
Switzerland

University of St. Gallen ( email )

Unterer Graben 21
St. Gallen, CH-9000
Switzerland

Christian Zehnder (Contact Author)

University of Lausanne ( email )

Quartier Chambronne
Lausanne, Vaud CH-1015
Switzerland

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