Coletta, Massimo; Bonis, Riccardo De; Piermattei, Stefano - Banca d'Italia - 2014
In most countries household debt increased from the 1990s until the crisis of 2007-2008 before stabilizing due to recession and deleveraging. However, there are national differences in household debt/GDP ratios. This paper studies the determinants of household debt, using a 32-country dataset...