Koşar, Gizem; Melcangi, Davide; Pilossoph, Laura; … - 2023
Using detailed micro data, we document that households often use "stimulus" checks to pay down debt, especially those … otherwise standard incomplete markets model. Because interest rates rise with debt, borrowers have increasingly larger … incentives to use an additional dollar to reduce debt service payments rather than consume. Using our calibrated model, we then …