Debt-Constrained Asset Markets.
The authors develop a theory of general equilibrium with endogenous debt limits in the form of individual rationality constraints similar to those in the dynamic consistency literature. If an agent defaults on a contract, he can be excluded from future contingent claims markets trading and can have his assets seized. He cannot be excluded from spot markets trading, however, and he has some private endowments that cannot be seized. In general, there is only partial insurance: variations in consumption may be imperfectly correlated across agents; interest rates may be lower than they would be without constraints; and equilibria may be Pareto ranked. Copyright 1993 by The Review of Economic Studies Limited.
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1993
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Authors: | Kehoe, Timothy J ; Levine, David K |
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Review of Economic Studies. - Wiley Blackwell, ISSN 0034-6527. - Vol. 60.1993, 4, p. 865-88
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Wiley Blackwell |
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