Corporate financial policy and the theory of financial intermediation

Article Abstract:

This paper examines the optimal structure financial contracts in an economy subject to two forms of moral hazard. Multiple information problems are shown to generate a role for multiple classes of financial claimants. We then show that economic efficiency is enhanced if the financial structure of the economy consists of both direct and intermediated financial contract markets. Consequently, our results demonstrate a motivation for the complementarity between capital markets and depository financial institutions. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Analysis, Corporations, Corporate finance, Financial intermediation

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On the Positive Role of Financial Intermediation in Allocation of Venture Capital in a Market with Imperfect Information

Article Abstract:

The contribution of informed agents as financial intermediaries in an imperfectly informed market is analyzed using entrepreneurs in a venture capital market. In a market where investors all have positive search costs, investors will avoid the market because of the inferior quality of investments offered. If the market contains some informed investors, the allocation will be Pareto-preferred. Intermediaries improve investor welfare by influencing the offering of higher quality projects.

Venture capital

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A Model of the Commercial Loan Rate

Article Abstract:

A model of financial intermediary behavior is developed to find the determinants of commercial loan rates charged by commercial banks. The loan rate is found to be a function of open market interest rates. Interest rate changes are quickly and completely transmitted to commercial loan customers.

Models, Economic aspects, Interest rates, Credit

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