We integrate the housing market and the labor market in a dynamic general equilibrium model with credit and search …

are usually preceded by credit booms. Second, credit booms often do not result in a crisis. That is, there are "good …

Credit booms are not rare and usually precede financial crises. However, some end in a crisis (bad booms) while others … do not (good booms). We document that credit booms start with an increase in productivity, which subsequently falls much … faster during bad booms. We develop a model in which crises happen when credit markets change to an information regime with …

We study how the macroeconomic dynamics following credit cycles vary with business bankruptcy institutions. Using data … on bankruptcy efficiency and business credit around the world, we document that business credit booms are followed by … contrary, in settings with well functioning business bankruptcy, the aftermath of credit booms is characterized by moderate …

What are the stylized facts that characterize the dynamics of credit booms and the associated fluctuations in macro … credit booms to data for 61 emerging and industrial countries over the 1960-2010 period. We identify 70 credit boom events …, half of them in each group of countries. Event analysis shows a systematic relationship between credit booms and a boom …

market for non-foreclosures and reduce price and sales volume by eroding lender equity, destroying the credit of potential … recent bust, the model reveals that the amplification generated by foreclosures is significant: Ruined credit and choosey …

Is there a link between loose monetary conditions, credit growth, house price booms, and financial instability? This … paper analyzes the role of interest rates and credit in driving house price booms and busts with data spanning 140 years of …