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Moral Hazard versus Liquidity in Household Bankruptcy
This paper studies the role of moral hazard and liquidity in driving household bankruptcy. First, I estimate that increases in potential debt forgiveness have a positive, but small, effect on filing using a regression kink design. Second, exploiting quasi-experimental variation in mortgage payment reductions, I estimate that filing is five times more responsive to cash-on-hand than relief generosity. Using a sufficient statistic, I show the estimates imply large consumption-smoothing benefits of bankruptcy for the marginal filer. Finally, I conclude that 83% of the filing response to dischargeable debt comes from liquidity effects rather than a moral hazard response to financial incentives.
Call Number | Location | Available |
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PSB lt.dasar - Pascasarjana (Koleksi Majalah) | 1 |
Penerbit | USA The American Finance Association., 2023 |
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Edisi | Volume 78, Issue 5, October 2023, Pages 2421-2464 |
Subjek | Insurance Moral hazard Bankcruptcy |
ISBN/ISSN | 1540-6261 |
Klasifikasi | NONE |
Deskripsi Fisik | First Published: 14 July 2023 |
Info Detail Spesifik | The Journal of Finance |
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