What is the size of credit card debt in Brazil? Reporting Thresholds, Interest Rates and Income Distribution

Maria Paula Bertran and David Echeverry

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 2021, vol. 30, issue C

Abstract: Before its severe recession in 2014, Brazil saw a large expansion in household borrowing. We document that the magnitude of credit card debt has been shrouded by reporting thresholds and other methodological choices in bank reporting to credit registry data. This has given room to erroneous perceptions concerning the success of recent public policies aimed at reducing consumer credit risk. Using survey data from 18,000 households we show that credit card debt is widespread, expensive and prone to falling in arrears. This qualifies the role of government-induced credit supply to emphasize the channel of interest rates.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbef.2021.100460

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