Debtors’ prisons in America: An economic analysis
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2012.07.010
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- Mathhew Baker & Metin Cosgel & Thomas J. Miceli, 2009. "Debtors' Prisons in America: An Economic Analysis," Working papers 2009-33, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
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Keywords
Debtors’ prison; Default; Imprisonment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- E51 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Money Supply; Credit; Money Multipliers
- G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
- K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
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