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We study how and to what extent private households are affected by the recent financial crisis and how their financial decisions are influenced by this shock. Our analysis reveals that individuals with low levels of financial literacy are less likely to have invested in the stock market and thus...
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different over-indebtedness indicators and specifications. Interestingly, we find similar results for secured debt only. Turning …
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This paper develops a theory of the credit cycle to account for recent evidence that capital is increasingly allocated to inefficiently risky projects over the course of the boom. The model features lenders who sell risk exposure to non-lender investors in order to relax borrowing constraints,...
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Does leverage drive investor ows in bond mutual funds? Leverage can increase fund returns in good times, but it can also magnify investors' losses and their response to bad performance. We study bond fund ows to provide new evidence for the link between mutual fund leverage and financial...
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of EU MMFs at a daily frequency. First, we find that investment in private debt assets exposes MMFs to liquidity risk …. Second, we find that low volatility net asset value (LVNAV) funds, which invest in non-public debt assets while offering a … the EU MMF sector and call for a strengthened regulatory framework of private debt MMFs. …
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This paper aims to address the issue of public pension reforms under demographic ageing that is likely to occur in … key economic variables such as consumption, private and public debt, output and wages. Quantitative experiments assess the … impact of different fiscal policies in terms of public debt sustainability but most importantly suggest policies that smooth …
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the economy. We show that if (i) a significant share of the debt is denominated in foreign currency-creating a currency … tilts the debt profile towards short term debt, thereby increasing the volatility of output. Taking the model implications …
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This study examines reforms of public expenditure in industrialised countries over the past two decades. We distinguish ambitious and timid reformers and analyse in detail reform experiences in eight case studies of ambitious reform episodes. We find that ambitious reform countries reduce...
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Using a new nationally representative survey of financial capability and experience in the UK and Ireland, I investigate the key factors that cause individuals to experience financial distress. In this context, a key area that I focus on is whether individuals’ behavioural traits, such as...
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This paper investigates the relationship between government debt and labour taxation for a panel of 18 EU countries … positive response of labour taxation to changes in the general government debt and interest expenditure-to-GDP ratios. The …
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