Effects of credit limit on efficiency and welfare in a simple general equilibrium model

Pham, Ngoc-Sang and Pham, Hien (2019): Effects of credit limit on efficiency and welfare in a simple general equilibrium model. Forthcoming in: International Journal of Economic Theory

Abstract

We consider a simple general equilibrium model with two agents under the presence of financial market imperfections: agents can borrow to realize their productive project up to the level of debt whose repayment reaches a fraction of the project's value (so-called credit limit). After characterizing the whole set of equilibria, we investigate the connection between credit limit, (individual and social) welfare, and efficiency. We also compute the optimal credit limit which maximizes the social welfare function.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: General equilibrium, credit limit, welfare, efficiency
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D5 - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E4 - Money and Interest Rates > E44 - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy; G - Financial Economics > G1 - General Financial Markets > G10 - General

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