Die mit großer Authenzität erzählte Geschichte vom Aufstieg und Niedergang der Investmentbank Lehman Brothers und ihrer Rettung durch das Weiße Haus, das Finanzministerium und die US-Notenbank gibt tiefe Einblicke in die internationale Finanzwirtschaft. (I. Müller-Boysen)

A major benefit of health insurance coverage is that it protects the insured from unexpected medical costs that may devastate their personal finances. In this paper, we use detailed credit report information on a large panel of individuals to examine the effect of a major health care reform in...

We assess the credit market impact of allowing mortgage "strip-down" as a foreclosure-prevention measure, where strip-down reduces the principal of underwater residential mortgages to the current market value of the property for homeowners in Chapter 13 bankruptcy. Our identification is provided...