Collateralization, Market Incompleteness and Asset Prices

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Dow ◽  
Jungsuk Han
2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas Gale ◽  
Piero Gottardi

We study a competitive model in which market incompleteness implies that debt-financed firms may default in some states of nature, and default may lead to the sale of the firms' assets at fire sale prices when a finance constraint is binding. The anticipation of such “losses” alone may distort firms' investment decisions. We characterize the conditions under which fire sales occur in equilibrium, and their consequences on firms' investment decisions. We also show that endogenous financial crises may arise in this environment, with asset prices collapsing as a result of pure self-fulfilling beliefs. Finally, we examine alternative interventions to restore the efficiency of equilibria. (JEL D83, G31, G32, G33)


2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 484-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatih Guvenen ◽  
Burhanettin Kuruscu

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parmanand Sinha ◽  
Prashant Das ◽  
Julia Freybote ◽  
Roland Fuess

CFA Digest ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-65
Author(s):  
Mohammed Saqib

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