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Title Credit reporting systems and the international economy / edited by Margaret J. Miller
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 453 pages) : illustrations
Contents Credit reporting systems around the globe / Margaret J. Miller -- Public credit information / Tullio Jappelli and Marco Pagano -- Credit reporting agencies / Rowena Olegario -- Credit information and market performance / Kevin Cowan and Jose De Gregorio -- Private business information exchange in the United States / Jarl G. Kallberg and Gregory F. Udell -- The use of public credit registry information in the estimation of appropriate capital and provisioning requirements / Michael Falkenheim and Andrew Powell -- Relationship lending in the Argentine small business credit market / Allen N. Berger [and others] -- The value of comprehensive credit reports / John M. Barron and Michael Staten -- Privacy restrictions and the use of data at credit registries / Raphael W. Bostic and Paul S. Calem -- Segmentation and the use of information in Brazilian Credit markets / Armando Castelar Pinheiro and Alkimar Moura -- Regulation of personal data protection and of credit reporting firms / Rafael del Villar, Alejandro Diaz de Leon, and Johanna Gil Hubert
Summary "Credit reporting is a critical part of the financial system in most developed economies but is often weak or absent in developing countries. It addresses a fundamental problem of credit markets: asymmetric information between borrowers and lenders that can lead to adverse selection and moral hazard. The heart of a credit report is the record it provides of an individual's or a firm's payment history, which enables lenders to evaluate credit risk more accurately and lower loan processing time and costs. Credit reports also strengthen borrower discipline, since nonpayment with one institution results in sanctions with others."
"This book provides the first comprehensive review of credit reporting systems worldwide and documents the rapid growth in the industry. It offers empirical and theoretical evidence of the impact of credit reporting on financial markets, using examples from both developed and developing economies. Credit reporting, it shows, significantly contributes to predicting default risk of potential borrowers, which promotes increased lending activity. The book also covers the role of public policy in the development of credit reporting initiatives, including the role of public credit registries managed by central banks; and the role of legal, regulatory, and institutional factors in supporting credit reporting."--Jacket
Notes Many of the papers included here were first presented at the International Conference on Credit Reporting Systems, held in Miami, Florida in June 2000.--Acknowledgments
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Credit bureaus -- Congresses
Consumer credit -- Congresses
Credit bureaus -- Directories
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Finance.
Consumer credit
Credit bureaus
Kredietwaardigheid.
Krediet.
Verslaglegging.
Financiële informatiesystemen.
Overheidsbeleid.
Genre/Form directories.
Conference papers and proceedings
Directories
Congressen (vorm)
Directories.
Répertoires.
Form Electronic book
Author Miller, Margaret J., 1963-
LC no. 2002026344
ISBN 9780262279826
0262279827
0585448418
9780585448411