(including unsecured debt, liquid assets, and illiquid assets) play in default decisions. In sharp contrast to prior studies that … strongest predictor of default. We find that individual unemployment increases the probability of default by 5 - 13 percentage … points, ceteris paribus, compared with the sample average default rate of 3.9 percent. We also find that only 13.9 percent of …

Bankruptcy reform in 2005 eliminated debtors’ ability to discharge private student loan debt in bankruptcy. This law … bankruptcy even if they had sufficient income to service their debt. Using a unique, nationally representative sample of … anonymized credit bureau files, we examine the bankruptcy filing and delinquency rates of private student loan borrowers in …

screening, a pure strategy equilibrium exists where banks optimally set interest rates at the same level as their competitors … banks have zero screening costs. In our set up we show that interest rate on loans are largely independent of marginal costs … analysis to the case where banks have differing screening abilities. …

. That selection works against banks; large overdrafts cost more to supply and, if depositors default, banks lose more, so …

. That selection works against banks; large overdrafts cost more to supply and, if depositors default, banks lose more, so …