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The sheer volume of debt hanging over Asian companies suggests that corporate insolvency should remain a top policy concern.  This, despite signs of improvement resulting from dramatic regulatory overhauls that followed the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis.  Moreover, the absence of widespread...
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The sheer volume of debt hanging over Asian companies suggests that corporate insolvency should remain a top policy concern. This conference proceedings presents reports from each country on the trends and developments in debt and credit risk since the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis. It also...
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Loan guarantees are arguably the most widely used policy intervention in credit markets, especially for consumers. This may be natural, as they have several features that, a priori, suggest that they might be particularly effective in improving allocations. However, despite this, little is...
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In this paper, we develop a normative theory of unsecured consumer credit and personal bankruptcy based on the optimal … unsecured debts in bankruptcy. The structure of this equilibrium and the associated restrictions on debt discharge closely match … the main qualitative features of personal credit markets and bankruptcy law that actually exist in the United States. …
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How might society ensure the allocation of credit to those who lack meaningful collateral? Two very different options that have each been pursued by a variety of societies through time and space are (i) relatively harsh penalties for default and, more recently, (ii) loan guarantee programs that...
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