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Because of the recent surge in U.S. personal defaults, Congress is currently debating bankruptcy reform legislation requiring a means test for Chapter 7 filers. This paper explores the effects of such a reform in a model where, in contrast to previous work, bankruptcy options and production are...
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. In the U.S., student loan default rates have also risen for recent cohorts as labor market uncertainty and debt levels …
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for-profit institutions take on more educational debt, have worse labor market outcomes, and are more likely to default …-profit enrollment leads to more loans, higher loan amounts, an increased likelihood of borrowing, an increased risk of default and worse … labor market outcomes. Two-year for-profit students also take out more loans, have higher default rates and lower earnings …
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default than students attending similarly selective public schools. Because for-profit schools tend to serve students from … amounts, an increased likelihood of borrowing, an increased risk of default, and worse labor market outcomes. Two-year for …-profit students also take out more loans and have higher default rates and lower earnings. But they are more likely to graduate and to …
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In his Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations Adam Smith (1776) considered the phenomenon of division of labor so enormously significant for the creation of a nation’s wealth that he devoted the first three chapters of his book to an investigation of this process. This is...
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component on top of the default spread structural models are designed to capture. …
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The appropriate design of monetary policy in integrated financial markets is one of the most challenging areas for central banks. One hot topic is whether the rise in liquidity in recent years has contributed to the formation of price bubbles in asset markets. If strong linkages exist, the...
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This paper uses a factor-augmented vector autoregressive model (FAVAR) estimated on U.S. data in order to analyze monetary transmission via private sector balance sheets, credit risk spreads and asset markets in an integrated setup and to explore the role of monetary policy in the three...
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We analyze the interaction between credit and asset prices in the transmission of shocks to the real economy. We estimate a Markov switching VAR for the euro area and the US, including additionally GDP, CPI and a short-term interest rate. We find evidence for two distinct states in both regions....
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