Shame and bankruptcy: the numbers of Americans filing for bankruptcy protection has surged fivefold in two decades. A Richmond Fed economist challenges the conventional wisdom that declining stigma is at the root of the increase

Doug Campbell

Econ Focus, 2005, vol. 9, issue Win, 28-31

Keywords: Bankruptcy; Consumer credit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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