Delēs, Manthos D.; Fringuellotti, Fulvia; Ongena, Steven - 2020
's credit decisions affect their future income. We use the bank's cutoff rule, which is based on the applicants' credit scores … acceptance increases recipients' income five years later by more than 10 percent compared to denied applicants. This effect is … mostly driven by the use of borrowed funds to undertake investments, and is stronger when individuals are more credit-constrained. …