Household debt and credit: Economic issues and data problems

Economic Notes

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-146

  Bertola, Giuseppe ^a   Hochguertel, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CREDIT PROVISION; DEBT; ECONOMIC THEORY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 38049144021     PISSN: 03915026     EISSN: 14680300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0300.2007.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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