Understanding the Macro-Financial Effects of Household Debt : A Global Perspective /

We confirm the negative relationship between household debt and future GDP growth documented in Mian, Sufi, and Verner (2017) for a wider set of countries over the period 1950-2016. Three mutually reinforcing mechanisms help explain this relationship. First, debt overhang impairs household consumpti...

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1. Verfasser: Alter, Adrian
Weitere Verfasser: Valckx, Nico, Xiaochen Feng, Alan
Format: Zeitschrift
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018.
Schriftenreihe:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/076
Online Zugang:Full text available on IMF