Optimal debt contracts under costly enforcement

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Hans K. Hvide
Tore E. Leite
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[1] University of Aberdeen Business School,
[2] CEPR,undefined
[3] IZA,undefined
[4] Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration,undefined
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Economic Theory | 2010年 / 44卷
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Costly state verification; Debt contract; Priority violation; Strategic defaults; D02; D82; G21; G3;
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We consider a financing game where monitoring is costly, non-contractible and allowed to be stochastic. The optimal contract, which is debt, induces creditor leniency and strategic defaults on the equilibrium path, consistent with empirical evidence on repayment and monitoring behavior in credit markets. Our paper is the first where the optimal contract is debt and default is not synonymous with bankruptcy.
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页码:149 / 165
页数:16
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