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-in-differences regressions, their empirical strategy compares pre-Reform and post-Reform auto loans across states with persistent historical … auto loans in the average state by 15 basis points, with a larger decline in states where Chapter 13 is more common. The … on the number and size of new auto loans. The estimates show a small, negative, and insignificant impact on the number of …
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. Long-term interest rates have been exceptionally high and long-term loans and deposits exceptionally low since the Lehman … collapse. Instead, short-term interest rates and short-term loans and deposits did not show abnormal dynamics in the course of …
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We find that competition from payday lenders leads depository institutions to raise overdraft fees and reduce the availability of “free” checking accounts. We attribute this rise in prices partly to adverse selection created by banks’ practice of charging a flat fee regardless of the...
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In this paper, we introduce the FRBNY Consumer Credit Panel, a new longitudinal database with detailed information on consumer debt and credit. The panel uses a unique sample design and information derived from consumer credit reports to track individuals' and households' access to and use of...
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and HELOCs at higher rates, whereas they prioritize repaying credit cards and auto loans. Larger unused credit card limits …
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and 2) little substitution out of home equity debt into student loans in response to recent house price declines …
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Credit reports are used in nearly all consumer lending decisions and, increasingly, in hiring decisions in the labor market, but the impact of a bad credit report is largely unknown. We study the effects of credit reports on financial and labor market outcomes using a difference-in-differences...
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Household surveys are the source of some of the most widely studied data on consumer balance sheets, with the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) generally cited as the leading source of wealth data for the United States. At the same time, recent research questions survey respondents' propensity...
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