A multiagent game theoretical approach to adverse selection in corporate financing

Abstract

In this research the authors tried to solve the adverse selection problem in the Mudaraba contracts with respect to the projects privately known prospects. The authors introduced a model of two contracts characterized by an adverse selection index for each contract. They have managed to find that a case of market breakdown can occur because the efficient agent might mimic the inefficient agent. The authors, then, managed to develop a 'Mimicking Likelihood Index' whereby one can infer whether a type of an agent has a tendency to mimic the other type. In the same context, the authors developed a "Relative Adverse Selection" index to measure which type of agents has more tendencies to select a specific type of contracts. These findings should help Islamic financial institutions in their agent selection process and hedge its risky Mudaraba contracts.