We use a simple lending model with endogenous screening to compare the impact of improvements in the cost of acquiring information and increases in the liability of lenders for environmental harm caused by their borrowers. In the model, judgment proof borrowers have private information about...

We present a simple lending model of judgment proof borrowers with private information and heterogeneous wealth, where large and small lenders coexist. Lenders subject would-be borrowers to pre-lending screening, which is not observable and cannot therefore be committed to ex ante. We document...

We present a simple lending model of judgment proof borrowers with private information and heterogeneous wealth, where large and small lenders coexist. Lenders subject would-be borrowers to pre-lending screening, which is not observable and cannot therefore be committed to ex ante. We document...

Infation has been relatively high and volatile in Malawi since the 1980s. The various attempts to stabilize inflation have only yielded temporary relief, and inflation remains the central problem for policymakers. This paper attempts to shed some light on the impact of exchange rate depreciation...