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The market for payday lenders, businesses that provide vehicle title loans, and other small-value financing players is rife with controversy. Some see them as predatory lenders that weave a web of never-ending debt designed to capture the weakest and most economically vulnerable of society....
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Ten states and the District of Columbia prohibit the operation of payday loan stores, and thirty-one other states have imposed regulatory restraints on the controversial industry, ranging, for example, from caps on fees and loan amounts to the number of rollovers and renewals a borrower may...
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fringe credit products. Our estimation measures the effect of strict regulation and prohibition of one such product — payday … regulation of payday loans on demand for RALs. A state ban on payday lending results in about five percent reduction in demand …-strategic component of demand for payday loans, indicating that strict regulation of payday loans may benefit households on net. We …
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Payday loans, or small short-term loans that carry high fees, may provide a much-needed safety net for some consumers in need of quick cash for emergencies. However, data suggest that most payday loan borrowers become repeat users caught in a cycle of high-cost debt. Furthermore, empirical...
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