A tale of two commitments: equilibrium default and temptation
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Keywords
Consumer bankruptcy; Debt; Default; borrowing constraints; Temptation and self-control; hyperbolic discounting; Heterogeneous agents; Incomplete markets;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- 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
- E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
- G18 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Government Policy and Regulation
- K35 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Personal Bankruptcy Law
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DGE-2014-01-24 (Dynamic General Equilibrium)
- NEP-LAW-2014-01-24 (Law and Economics)
- NEP-MAC-2014-01-24 (Macroeconomics)
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