How do commercial banks solve asymmetric information problems?
What will be an ideal response?
By collecting information to reduce the information asymmetry: screening loan applicants and monitoring borrowers once the loan is approved. Loan assets are retained, rather than sold to third parties, so information accumulates over time and, possibly, over several loans to a single borrower. The bank's "investment" in screening and monitoring allows it to profit from low-risk lending and to provide credit at a lower cost than the borrower can get from a new lender, so the relationship is long-term and mutually beneficial.
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When the government's expenditures exceed its tax revenue, the budget
A) has a deficit and the national debt is increasing. B) is balanced and the national debt is increasing. C) has a surplus and the national debt is increasing. D) has a deficit and the national debt is decreasing. E) None of the above because by law the government's expenditures cannot exceed its tax revenue.
In the new Keynesian model, a positive, permanent supply shock will result in ________
A) an increase in aggregate demand B) a decrease in aggregate demand C) no change in aggregate demand D) a change in aggregate demand, only if the shock is anticipated