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Intergenerational bankruptcy risks: Learning from parents’ mistakes

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  • Agarwal, Sumit
  • Sing, Tien Foo
  • Zhang, Xiaoyu

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This study investigates inter-generational transmissions of parental bankruptcy shock on children's financial behavior in adulthood. Our results show that younger children who were 9 years or below when their parents declared bankruptcy were 2–3 % points less likely to declare bankruptcy than their older siblings who were 10 years and older when the parents’ bankruptcy event occurred. We rule out alternative hypotheses, including birth order, cohort effects, and truncated sample bias. We find corroborative evidence for the “parent socialization” channel, where bankrupt parents, through interactions with children during childhood years, influence their financial behavior and reduce the risks of their children repeating the same mistakes in adulthood.

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  • Agarwal, Sumit & Sing, Tien Foo & Zhang, Xiaoyu, 2024. "Intergenerational bankruptcy risks: Learning from parents’ mistakes," Journal of Financial Intermediation, Elsevier, vol. 59(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jfinin:v:59:y:2024:i:c:s1042957324000159
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jfi.2024.101087
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    Keywords

    Intergenerational effects; Bankruptcy; Debt relief policy; Loan Default;
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    JEL classification:

    • K35 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Personal Bankruptcy Law
    • G51 - Financial Economics - - Household Finance - - - Household Savings, Borrowing, Debt, and Wealth
    • D10 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - General
    • D18 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Protection

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