Auto Dealer Loan Intermediation: Consumer Behavior and Competitive Effects

The views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, the Federal Reserve System, the United States, or the National Bureau of Economic Research. Andreas Grunewald and Tobias Salz thank the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy at Columbia University and the Russel Sage Foundation for financial support. We thank Brian Bucks, Glenn Ellison, Matt Gentzkow, Kate Ho, Éva Nagypál, Michael Riordan, Mike Whinston, Maximilian Voigt, and audiences at Berkeley, BRIQ Bonn Structural Behavioral Conference, Boston College, IO workshop at CREST, CFPB, University of Cologne, University of Copenhagen, DICE Duesseldorf, EIEF Junior Conference, Frankfurt School, German Economist Abroad Conference, Goethe University Frankfurt, Harvard, University of Mainz, University of Marburg, University of Minnesota, University of Konstanz, NYU, University of Oregon, University of Pennsylvania, Penn State, Solvay Brussels School / Ecare, Stanford, Toulouse School of Economics, and Yale for helpful comments and suggestions. Guy Aridor, Jasper Clarkberg, Thi Mai Anh Nguyen, and Yining Zhu provided outstanding research assistance.