Negative shocks to housing, most households’ largest consumption good, are expected to create strong credit demand to smooth these shocks over time. We estimate and trace a credit demand curve for households who recently experienced a negative shock to their housing stock. We use...

We develop a tractable general equilibrium model to analyze credit risk sharing via credit default swaps (CDS) and CDS market regulation under aggregate uncertainty. If available equity capital is below a threshold, any equilibrium of the basic economy with no CDS markets features firm default...

The study documented in this paper utilises a probit regression analysis to empirically investigate the key macroeconomic factors that influence credit risk in the peer-to-peer (P2P) lending market. By aggregating the United States (US) state-level data with LendingClub’s loan book covering...

This paper sets out how the law (being the law as at April 2019) relating to high-cost lending, is enforced. It identifies the current problems with enforcement that have been recognised in the policy papers to date, and outlines the reforms proposed in the 10 October 2018 reform package. It...

This report sets out the results of research by Victoria University of Wellington on certain key issues around debt collection in the context of lending under consumer credit contracts in New Zealand, as at date of writing (August 2019). The proposed changes to the law (in the October 2018...

This paper presents a spatial model to analyze the effects of the entry of Fintech lenders on credit market competition and welfare. In the model, banks compete with a Fintech lender for borrowers under asymmetric information. Both types of lenders can screen borrowers before making a loan, and...

Aufgrund seiner Komplexität lässt sich zum Bereich des Geld- und Kreditwesens nur interdisziplinär ein adäquater Zugang finden. Durch einen Blick über die eigenen Fachgrenzen hinaus, die Zusammenschau verschiedener Disziplinen und Perspektiven, konnte der Bogen, von der antiken...

Fast täglich kommen neue Hiobsbotschaften aus der Wirtschaft und vonseiten der Finanzmärkte. Aktien verlieren dramatisch an Wert, Banken brechen zusammen, Unternehmen aller Branchen bauen Mitarbeiter ab. Die aktuelle Finanzmarktkrise hat die größte und schwerwiegendste Rezession seit der...