Household Leverage and the Recession /

We evaluate and partially challenge the 'household leverage' view of the Great Recession. In the data, employment and consumption declined more in states where household debt declined more. We study a model where liquidity constraints amplify the response of consumption and employment to c...

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Auteur principal: Jones, Callum
Autres auteurs: Midrigan, Virgiliu, Philippon, Thomas
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/194
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF