Quantity versus Price Rationing of Credit: An Empirical Test

One proxy of price rationing of credit is an aggregation of information on interest rates, while loan officer survey data measures quantity rationing of credit, meaning some borrowers are denied loans. The latter Granger causes real GDP but the former does not. The loan officer survey is a better le...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: George A. Waters
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-07-01
Series:International Journal of Financial Studies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2227-7072/1/3/45