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This paper develops a model of equilibrium in the market for loans. It focuses on the effects on equilibrium of (i …
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instruments which, if properly managed, perform better than either loans or grants taken in isolation. The core of the intuition …
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loans to Central Europe and reconstruction of the gold standard system was needed to initiate long-term capital flows. A …
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This paper uses a data-set including time series data on macroeconomic variables, loans, deposits and interest rates … studies while we uncover new facts on disaggregated loans and deposits. During the crisis the cyclical behavior of short term … interest rates, loans and deposits remain stable but we identify unusual dynamics of longer term loans, deposits and longer …
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moving beyond entrepreneurial credit and offering consumer loans. But many practitioners and policymakers are skeptical about … administrative data on loan repayment. We find that the marginal loans produced measurable benefits in the form of increased … employment, reduced hunger, and reduced poverty. The marginal loans also appear to have been profitable for the lender. The …
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Financial innovations are a common explanation of the rise in consumer credit 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 to create each contract offered by...
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We show theoretically that income redistribution benefits borrowing-constrained individuals more than is implied by standard relative-income and uninsurable-risk considerations. Empirically, we find in international opinion-survey data that younger and lower-income individuals express stronger...
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Financial innovation is widely believed to be at least partly responsible for the recent financial crisis. At the same time, there are empirical and theoretical arguments that support the view that changes in financial markets played a role in the "great moderation". If both are true, then the...
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In this Paper we analyse unique data on credit applications received by the leading provider of consumer credit in Italy (Findomestic). The data set covers a five year period (1995-99) during which the consumer credit market rapidly expanded in Italy and a new law came into force that set a...
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moving beyond entrepreneurial credit and offering consumer loans. But many practitioners and policymakers are skeptical about … administrative data on loan repayment, as well as public credit reports one and two years later. We find that the marginal loans … that the marginal loans were profitable for the Lender. The results suggest that consumer credit expansions can be welfare-improving. …
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