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Conference Paper
Increasing indebtedness and financial stability in the United States
Friedman, Benjamin M. (1986)
Proceedings - Economic Policy Symposium - Jackson Hole

Working Paper
Debt buybacks signal sovereign countries' creditworthiness: theory and tests
Acharya, Sankarshan (1991)
Finance and Economics Discussion Series , Paper 180

Working Paper
Credit, bankruptcy, and aggregate fluctuations
Nakajima, Makoto; Rios-Rull, Jose-Victor (2014-10-20)
We ask two questions related to how access to credit affects the nature of business cycles. First, does the standard theory of unsecured credit account for the high volatility and procyclicality of credit and the high volatility and countercyclicality of bankruptcy filings found in U.S. data? Yes, it does, but only if we explicitly model recessions as displaying countercyclical earnings risk (i.e., rather than having all households fare slightly worse than normal during recessions, we ensure that more households than normal fare very poorly). Second, does access to credit smooth aggregate ...
Working Papers , Paper 14-31

Journal Article
Jargon Alert : National debt
Van Den Berg, David (2009-01)
Economic Quarterly , Volume 13 , Issue Win

Working Paper
Monetary policy, financial stability, and the distribution of risk
Koenig, Evan F. (2011)
In an economy in which debt obligations are fixed in nominal terms, but there are otherwise no nominal rigidities, a monetary policy that targets inflation inefficiently concentrates risk, tending to increase the financial distress that accompanies adverse real shocks. Nominal-income targeting spreads risk more evenly across borrowers and lenders, reproducing the equilibrium that one would observe if there were perfect capital markets. Empirically, inflation surprises have no independent influence on measures of financial strain once one controls for shocks to nominal GDP.
Working Papers , Paper 1111

Journal Article
Market discipline and subordinated debt: a review of some salient issues
Bliss, Robert R. (2001-01)
Requiring banks to issue subordinated debt is one proposal to bring market discipline to bear in aiding regulatory supervision. This article explores the frictions that produce a need for discipline (agency problems) and the mechanisms markets have evolved for dealing with these frictions. Following an examination of the rationales and assumptions underlying subordinated debt proposals, the article concludes that the case tying regulatory intervention to subordinated debt spreads is not clear-cut, and that use of all available information, including equity returns and debt yields, when ...
Economic Perspectives , Volume 25 , Issue Q I , Pages 24-45

Working Paper
Debt maturity and the back-to-the-wall theory of corporate finance
Sharpe, Steven A.; Fenn, George W. (1991)
Finance and Economics Discussion Series , Paper 171

Journal Article
Consumer debt and the economic recovery
Krainer, John (2012)
A key ingredient of an economic recovery is a pickup in household spending supported by increased consumer debt. As the current economic recovery has struggled to take hold, household debt levels have grown little. Some evidence indicates that households adjusted debt in line with house price movements in their local markets. However, the data show that consumer debt cutbacks were largest among households that defaulted on mortgages or had lower credit scores, suggesting that household borrowing also was restricted by tight aggregate credit supply.
FRBSF Economic Letter

Journal Article
Survey says families are digging deeper into debt
Kliesen, Kevin L. (2006-07)
The Fed's triennial Survey of Consumer Finances found that median household debt rose almost 34 percent between 2001 and 2004, while net worth rose just 1.5 percent.
The Regional Economist , Issue Jul , Pages 12-13

Journal Article
Rapidly rising corporate debt: are firms now vulnerable to an economic slowdown?
Osler, Carol L.; Hong, Gijoon (2000-06)
The buildup of debt in the late 1990s has raised concerns about the U.S. nonfinancial corporate sector's health and its vulnerability to economic downturns. An analysis of the sector suggests that while small firms are experiencing some weakness, corporations as a group are in good financial shape.
Current Issues in Economics and Finance , Volume 6 , Issue Jun

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