Chatterjee, Satyajit; Corbae, Dean; Nakajima, Makoto; … - In: Econometrica 75 (2007) 6, pp. 1525-1589
We study, theoretically and quantitatively, the general equilibrium of an economy in which households smooth consumption by means of both a riskless asset and unsecured loans with the option to default. The default option resembles a bankruptcy filing under Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code....