Debt Overhang and Deleveraging in the US Household Sector: Gauging the Impact on Consumption
Using a novel dataset for the US states, this paper examines whether household debt and the protracted debt deleveraging help explain the dismal performance of US consumption since 2007 in the aftermath of the housing bubble.
Bruno Albuquerque, G. Krustev
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The stochastic dynamics of business evaluations using Markov models
Current assessments of credit and financial risk based on deterministic analyses provide only a limited understanding of current and future solvency rates.
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The Information Content of Real-Time Output Gap Estimates: An Application to the Euro Area
The paper investigates real-time output gap estimates for the euro artea obtained from various unobserved components (UOC) models. Based on a state space modelling framework, three criteria are used to evaluate real-time estimates, I.e.
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What Drives Euro Area Break-Even Inflation Rates?
The yield spread between nominal and inflation-linked bonds (or break-even inflation rates, BEIR) is a fundamental indicator of inflation expectations (and associated premia).
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Blunt Instruments: Avoiding Common Pitfalls in Identifying the Causes of Economic Growth
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Parameter Learning in General Equilibrium: The Asset Pricing Implications
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IMPROVING PUPIL PERFORMANCE IN ENGLISH SECONDARY SCHOOLS: EXCELLENCE IN CITIES
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