Determinants of consumer credit within a debt constrained framework : evidence from microdata

Borradores de Economia
Número: 
912
Publicado: 
Clasificación JEL: 
D12, G21
Palabras clave: 
Consumer Credit, Life Cycle-Permanent Income Hypothesis, credit constraints, Score

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