Borrowing, Short-Sales, Consumer Default, and the Creation of New Assets

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Year: 1979
Volume: 14
Issue: 2
Pages: 255-273

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

There appears to be some confusion in the literature on asset-pricing models about the role of default-risk in short-selling and borrowing by consumers. For example, in the Sharpe-Lintner ([16] [9]) model it is usual to assume that all consumers are able to borrow or lend without restriction, at the riskless rate of interest. This assumption has been recognized to involve an inconsistency in the theory, because with personal borrowing there is always a positive probability of default with the S-L assumptions, so that the consumer's bond (as seen by any lender) is not a perfect substitute for the safe asset.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:cup:jfinqa:v:14:y:1979:i:02:p:255-273_00
Journal Field
Finance
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-26