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This paper studies the optimal determination of bankruptcy exemptions for risk averse borrowers who use unsecured … sufficient to determine whether a bankruptcy exemption level is optimal, or should be increased or decreased. These variables are …' leverage, the borrowers' bankruptcy probability, and the change in bankrupt borrowers' consumption. An application of the …
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Financial innovations are a common explanation for the rise in credit card debt and bankruptcies. To evaluate this story, we develop a simple model that incorporates two key frictions: asymmetric information about borrowers' risk of default and a fixed cost of developing each contract lenders...
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This study examines the impact of credit rating announcements from the three leading credit rating agencies (Moody's, S&P, Fitch)on the Credit Default Swap Spreads of corporates and their spillover effects within industries. We find, that both downgrades and upgrades have an impact on the CDS...
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We analyse micro data on Irish mortgages and distressed households' balance sheets in the last decade to assess the debt resolution process in the Irish mortgage market in the lead up to the COVID-19 shock. We highlight the widespread engagement of Irish borrowers with debt resolution mechanisms...
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Banks mustmake forward-looking provisions for loan losses undernewinternational accounting standards introduced in 2018. In Europe, banks will assign performing exposures to a new "Stage 2" category with a higher provisioning penalty, if they have experienced significant increase in credit risk...
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