Credit Cycles: Experimental Evidence
SAFE Working Paper No. 104
25 Pages Posted: 19 May 2015 Last revised: 16 Apr 2020
Date Written: April 7, 2020
Abstract
Credit boom-busts are observed in experimental credit markets with perfect information, no aggregate shocks, and no speculative motive. By contrast, a stable outcome is observed in the island economy, which isolates the borrowers but is otherwise similar to the market economy. The higher willingness to pay for credit following higher market but not island interest rates is consistent with herding, which can create spiraling effects and predict a credit boom-bust.
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Massenot, Baptiste, Credit Cycles: Experimental Evidence (April 7, 2020). SAFE Working Paper No. 104, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2607869 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2607869
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