• Title of article

    Unsecuredcreditmarketsarenotinsurancemarkets

  • Author/Authors

    Kartik Athreya، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
  • Pages
    21
  • From page
    83
  • To page
    103
  • Abstract
    Westudytheextenttowhichunsecuredcreditmarketshavealteredthetransmissionof increased incomerisktoconsumptionvariabilityoverthepastseveraldecades.Wefind that unsecuredcreditmarketspassthroughincreasedincomerisktoconsumption, irrespectiveofbankruptcypolicyandtheinformationpossessedbylenders.Ifrisk sharinghasindeedimprovedoverthisperiod,thereasonsdonotthereforelieinthe unsecuredcreditmarket.
  • Keywords
    Risk sharingAsymmetric informationBankruptcyDefault
  • Journal title
    Journal of Monetary Economics
  • Serial Year
    2008
  • Journal title
    Journal of Monetary Economics
  • Record number

    846277