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Kitaura (2012) shows an inverse U-shape relationship between balanced growth and the tightness of educational borrowing constraints and argues that a loosening of constraints need not be Pareto-improving even if growth increases. We provide a careful analysis of the transition, showing that an unanticipated loosening of credit constraints is welfare-improving for initial generations, but may be detrimental to (some) subsequent generations when growth increases. Thus, we argue that governments concerned with re-election may support a loosening of credit at the expense of future generations.