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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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debt deflation and prolonged recession. Financialization operates through three different conduits: changes in the …
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risk of debt-deflation and prolonged recession. Financialization operates through three different conduits: changes in the …
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the dispersion of credit card interest rates nearly tripled, and the share of credit card debt of lower income households …
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A number of studies have pointed to various mistakes that consumers might make in their consumption-saving and financial decisions. We utilize a unique market experiment conducted by a large U.S. bank to assess how systematic and costly such mistakes are in practice. The bank offered consumers a...
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increases initiated by banks lead households to restore previous utilization rates. High-interest credit card debt co … associated with reduced social stigma, ease of procedures, and financial incentives. Co-existence of credit card debt with … observed co-existence of credit card debt with low-interest liquid assets. A framework of 'accountant-shopper' households, in …
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Approximately half of credit card holders in the United States regularly carry unpaid credit card debt. These so …
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Using credit report records and data collected from several household surveys, we analyze changes in household debt and … appears to reflect a considerable decline in household debt, as households paid down mortgage debt in particular. At the end … of 2009, individuals expected to continue increasing their saving and paying down of debt, which is consistent with what …
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This study focuses on the financialization of the U.S. household sector, featuring enhanced access to credit and ease … household income shows that the continued decline in household saving in the 1990s was broadly based and included middle …
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Most US credit card holders revolve high-interest debt, often combined with substantial (i) asset accumulation by …
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