| 来源类型 | Discussion paper
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| 规范类型 | 论文
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| 来源ID | DP14425
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| DP14425 Consumer Debt and Default: A Macroeconomic Perspective |
| Michele Tertilt; Florian Exler
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| 发表日期 | 2020-02-20
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| 出版年 | 2020
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| 语种 | 英语
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| 摘要 | In this survey, we review the quantitative macroeconomic literature analyzing consumer debt and default. We start by providing an overview of consumer bankruptcy law in the US and document the relevant institutional changes over time. We proceed with a comprehensive empirical section, describing key facts about consumer debt, defaults and delinquencies, as well as charge-off and interest rates for the United States. In addition to the evolution of these variables over time, we construct life-cycle profiles using data from the Survey of Consumer Finances and show that debt and defaults display a clear hump-shaped profile by age. Third, we show how credit card debt has evolved along the income distribution. Finally, we document a large amount of heterogeneity in credit card interest rates across consumers.
In the second part of the survey, we describe what has by now become the workhorse model of consumer credit and default. We discuss a quantitative version of the model and use it to decompose the main reasons for default. We also use the model to illustrate how the details of default costs matter. The remainder of the survey then discusses the literature centered around two questions. First, what are the welfare implications of various bankruptcy laws? And second, what caused the rise in filings over time? We end with a discussion of open questions and fruitful avenues for future research. |
| 主题 | Macroeconomics and Growth
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| 关键词 | Consumer debt
Bankruptcy
Chapter 7
Default
Credit cards
Charge-offs
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| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp14425
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| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物
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| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/543320
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GB/T 7714 |
Michele Tertilt,Florian Exler. DP14425 Consumer Debt and Default: A Macroeconomic Perspective. 2020.
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