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For Better and for Worse? Effects of Access to High-Cost Consumer Credit
Dobridge, Christine L. (2016-07)
I provide empirical evidence that the effect of high-cost credit access on household material well-being depends on if a household is experiencing temporary financial distress. Using detailed data on household consumption and location, as well as geographic variation in access to high cost payday loans over time, I find that payday credit access improves wellbeing for households in distress by helping them smooth consumption. In periods of temporary financial distress?after extreme weather events like hurricanes and blizzards?I find that payday loan access mitigates declines in spending on ...
Finance and Economics Discussion Series , Paper 2016-056

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Household debt repayment behaviour: what role do institutions play?
Grant, Charles; Duygan-Bump, Burcu (2008)
Household debt repayment behavior has been understudied, especially empirically, despite the heightened debate on rising household debt, personal bankruptcy filings, and arrears. In this paper, we use data from the European Community Household Panel to analyze the determinants of household debt arrears. The paper's primary aim is to understand the role of institutions in household arrears by exploiting cross-country differences and the panel nature of the data set. We start our analysis by showing that falling into arrears has important long-term consequences for employment, self-employment, ...
Supervisory Research and Analysis Working Papers , Paper QAU08-3

Journal Article
After the refinancing boom: will consumers scale back their spending?
Peach, Richard; Al-Haschimi, Alex; McConnell, Margaret M. (2003-12)
Concerns are rising that the recent surge in home equity withdrawal has left consumers in a weakened financial position that will, over time, prompt a retrenchment in spending. However, a look at household assets and liabilities suggests that consumers have used the withdrawn funds to restructure their balance sheets and reduce their debt service burden. As a result, households may be in a better position to spend in the years ahead.
Current Issues in Economics and Finance , Volume 9 , Issue Dec

Journal Article
The burden of debt
Tallman, Ellis W. (2001-04)
EconSouth , Volume 3 , Issue Q2 , Pages 1

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Housing, consumption, and credit constraints
Lehnert, Andreas (2004)
I test the credit-market effects of housing wealth shocks by estimating the consumption elasticity of house price shocks among households in different age quintiles. Younger households face faster expected income growth and hence would like to borrow more than older households. I estimate consumption elasticities from housing wealth by age quintile to be {4; 0; 3; 8; 3} percent. As predicted by theory, the youngest group has a higher elasticity of consumption than the next two age quintiles. That the consumption of the age quintile on the verge of retirement is responsive to housing wealth is ...
Finance and Economics Discussion Series , Paper 2004-63

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Lending Standards and Borrowing Premia in Unsecured Credit Markets
Dempsey, Kyle; Ionescu, Felicia (2021-06-24)
Using administrative data from Y-14M and Equifax, we find evidence for large spreads in excess of those implied by default risk in the U.S. unsecured credit market. These borrowing premia vary widely by borrower risk and imply a nearly flat relationship between loan prices and repayment probabilities, at odds with existing theories. To close this gap, we incorporate supply frictions – a tractably specified form of lending standards – into a model of unsecured credit with aggregate shocks. Our model matches the empirical incidence of both risk and borrowing premia. Both the level and ...
Finance and Economics Discussion Series , Paper 2021-039

Journal Article
1952 survey of consumer finances: part I. consumer expectations as to economic trends and consumer investment preferences
Schweiger, Irving (1952-07)
Federal Reserve Bulletin , Issue Jul , Pages 739-755

Discussion Paper
The effects on consumers and creditors of proposed ceilings on credit card interest rates
Canner, Glenn B.; Fergus, James T. (1987)
Staff Studies , Paper 154

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Americans cut their debt
Koepke, Matthew; Demyanyk, Yuliya (2012-08)
The Great Recession brought an end to a 20-year expansion of consumer debt. In its wake is a lively debate about what caused the turnaround. Was it motivated by a decreased appetite for debt by consumers or an unwillingness to lend by banks? Our analysis of Equifax and Mail Monitor data shows that the major cause was most likely consumers.
Economic Commentary , Issue Aug

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