The credit card debt puzzle: the role of preferences, credit risk, and financial literacy
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- Olga Gorbachev & MarÃa José Luengo-Prado, 2016. "The Credit Card Debt Puzzle: The Role of Preferences, Credit Risk, and Financial Literacy," Working Papers 16-06, University of Delaware, Department of Economics.
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Keywords
household finances; risk aversion; time preferences; precautionary motives; bankruptcy; foreclosures;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
- G02 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Behavioral Finance: Underlying Principles
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BAN-2016-08-28 (Banking)
- NEP-MAC-2016-08-28 (Macroeconomics)
- NEP-PAY-2016-08-28 (Payment Systems and Financial Technology)
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