Morgan, Donald P.; Strain, Michael R. - Federal Reserve Bank of New York - 2007
Payday loans are widely condemned as a “predatory debt trap.” We test that claim by researching how households in … Georgia and North Carolina have fared since those states banned payday loans in May 2004 and December 2005. Compared with … substitutes such as the bounced-check “protection” sold by credit unions and banks or loans from pawnshops.> …