A portfolio view of consumer credit

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-84

  Musto, David K ^a   Souleles, Nicholas S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer credit; Credit scores; Credit supply; Default risk; Loan portfolio analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 31344438868     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2005.10.009     Document Type: Article

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