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Debt Contracts with ex-ante and ex-post Asymmetric Information: An Example
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We consider a simple model of lending and borrowing combining two informational problems: adverse selection and costly state verification. Our analysis highlights the interaction between these two informational problems. We notably show that the higher the monitoring cost, the less discriminating the optimal menu of contracts is.debt contracts, diversity of opinions, screening, costly monitoring, pooling