Welfare implications of endogenous credit limits with bankruptcy

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2081-2115

  Mateos Planas, Xavier ^a   Seccia, Giulio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy; Borrowing constraints; Default; Incomplete markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748425582     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2005.03.013     Document Type: Article

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